Bill Keating

I think we should all take cognizance that that is not true. It is one of our major issues.

I think that--I hope this is a harbinger for the way we are discussing this issue going forward

I thank the chairman of Homeland Security for his leadership on this issue. We really have established a very strong bipartisan effort, putting our national security first and realizing what holes there are in our system, in our security…

The answer when it comes to vulnerability studies, it is a toothless grin, nothing. So let's find out here and put some teeth in what we are trying to do.

I would just like to ask the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen), the chairman, if that information is currently being analyzed now.

I apologize. We had moved this with a later change to the defensewide operations and maintenance fund for the pay-for for this; that probably explains this balance, but it is coming from that portion. The $1 million, I think, is in excess…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 36, line 1, after the dollar…

I thank the ranking member and the chair. Mr. Chairman, at this time, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection…

I would like to take this time to thank the chair and ranking member for their willingness to engage in what really is an important issue. I look forward to working together with Chairman Culberson and Ranking Member Fattah on this issue.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 14, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,750,000) (increased by $1,750,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

Two incidents just this week really demonstrated to me the prevalence of what this committee hearing is about today in terms of the internet and that as a recruitment device.

In a void like that that downstream I am afraid is going to be taken by another country, acting in ways that we don't, directly getting involved as a country funding.

Unlike California, we are not worried about competition from Texas or any state.

It is essential that the EXIM Bank continue to provide its valuable services to thousands of American exporters and their families.

Right now it is crucial that we get import restrictions on stolen material from Syria put into place in the U.S.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing, and thank you as witnesses. And I want to let you know we all share your commitment to saving lives, saving religious and cultural heritages and artifacts and stopping human trafficking.

These acts destroy humanity's common cultural heritage and are a crime against the entire international community, including the United States.

Given the Russian Federation's ongoing efforts to distort the legally and internationally recognized definition of Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, we changed, and I think it was crucial to do this…

Let's wipe out the leadership of this group. Let's get Baghdadi, let's get all of them.

If we don't deal with all these other issues we are just going to be right back in the same cycle.

I do not think that this correlation should outweigh other serious concerns.

Thank you, Chairman Poe, for holding today's hearing.

I urge the U.S. administration to prioritize these concerns when addressing Azerbaijan leadership.

Its potential can't be underestimated. Yet, the potential alone of that cannot bear fruit in the global arena without adequate rule of law and basic protections and freedoms.

To me, that is a critical point going forward, too. I see it right in my own home State in Boston, in our ability to deal with that.