Bill Keating

For this reason, my first legislative measure signed into law was an amendment to the intelligence authorization that encouraged Federal authorities to utilize fusion centers and enlist all of the intelligence capabilities, including that…

The crucial recommendation mirrored in both the Webster Commission's report and the 9/11 Commission's report focused on the importance of information sharing.

The actions leading up to the massacre by Major Nidal Malik Hasan... should have unequivocally sparked a greater concern.

As we all pause to think of the families of the four Americans who were lost just this week in Libya...

I want the answers to serve as a catalyst to affect change and improve our intelligence community as a whole.

I just want to give my sympathy to the family members of those heroes who lost their lives.

I think these are legitimate questions that we need to ask.

I am a cosponsor of Austin Scott's bill, which I think is an important piece of legislation.

There is some need of some kind of oversight because people's privacy rights are in danger.

I would suggest that that is probably typical for all States. Do you think that we should be looking at this both at the Federal and State level?

How could this be used to disrupt the orderly and safe takeoffs and landings of airplanes, commercial airplanes?

I don't see military signals being used by civilians as a widespread solution.

I had just a question for Dr. Humphreys. When you are comparing the civilian, if you want to use that term, versus what law enforcement uses in the different codes of encryption, what is the cost differential?

I am concerned about the lack of oversight on these vehicles, the fact that there is a continuing need to define what they can and cannot be used for and finally, the absence of privacy safeguards that currently do not exist.

I want to thank Chairman McCaul for holding today's hearing to examine the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, within the homeland.

In Massachusetts, 1.7 people die per day from opiate-related overdoses.

The American flag has flown over Puerto Rico for more than a century. The people of the U.S. Virgin Islands have been American citizens for almost as long.

As the former District Attorney for Norfolk County in Massachusetts, I have witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of drug-related crimes and violence on entire families, communities, nations, and for the purpose of this hearing…

This is not an issue affecting a foreign nation. It is, instead, one that has significant consequences for the 4 million American citizens who live in Puerto Rico.

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 Georgia The Acting…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Don't be presumptuous enough to tell me my motivations. We looked for many pay-fors in this plan. What we have is plain and simple. We have enhancement of the security of our country because we have a plan that…

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

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