Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 19 Offered by Mr. Broun of…

That there is more than tension and friction between CBP, IA, and DHS IOG.

I am therefore pleased that representatives from TSA, CBP, and ICE are testifying this morning and look forward to hearing from them regarding steps that are being taken to remedy this situation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding today's hearing examining the ethical standards at the Department of Homeland Security.

There are over 220,000 Department of Homeland Security employees who work every day to secure our homeland from dangerous threats and natural disasters.

Unfortunately, there are some among them that use their position of public trust for their own personal gain.

I am troubled by allegations of turf battles within the Department and disagreements on who should be in charge.

This patchwork quilt of jurisdictions conflicting with each other, still is with us.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A couple of comments I want to make first. First of all, taxpayers are spending enormous amounts of money to try and make sure that safety is ensured in their travel.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his leadership and his willingness to preserve resources for marine mammal stranding response in the fiscal year 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill. I understand that the House Report…

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