I support a plan that combines common sense tax reform with pragmatic spending cuts don't disproportionally affect our middle class families or seniors.

I urge the Budget Committee to be weary of shortsighted austerity that will eliminate job-creating initiatives and compromise our safety for the sake of immediate savings.

I was a DA for 12 years. I solicited and actually used these funds. We talk about issues. As people see issues, I see faces. I see the faces of innocent women who are victims, and I see the faces of the perpetrators, themselves--the…

I am intrigued by the idea of a New Silk Road in Central Asia.

Since 2001, there's been over 1,300 perimeter security breaches at airports.

We need to push airport security out past the checkpoint and long before a passenger approaches the airport.

If there is a cyber breach in one of the big five financial institutions, for even several hours, they go bankrupt.

I don't think that job is being done frankly, and as history has shown us, one unsafe airport compromises every airport in the entire country.

These prioritizations, in my opinion, in this culture has to change, not just for security reasons but our overall mission.

I thank my colleague for yielding. I had the privilege of serving with these two gentlemen, not only in Congress but in the Massachusetts Legislature. I remember being elected and serving at the age of 24, and my seat was right in front of…

Thank you, Ranking Member Thompson, for yielding your time and for your leadership on the Homeland Security Committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5913, the Department of Homeland Security Accountability Act of 2012. As the…

I want to thank the witnesses for being here today.