I think we need to be intellectually honest as Members of Congress that we are a part of the problem.

It is my honor to recognize LACASA, a nonprofit in my community that has stood out as a beacon of hope for thousands of vulnerable women and children in mid-Michigan. In 1979, LACASA was founded as the Livingston Area Council Against…

I begin by rising today to honor Dr. Saturnino Rodriguez, a good friend and devoted servant of the Latino community in Lansing. Over the years, Dr. Rodriguez, or Nino as he is known around town, has had many titles. In each role, he has…

I am struck as we head to the 20th anniversary of 9/11 just how different the homeland issues are from when, you know, DHS was stood up.

I guess I just want to make the point that a trade between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden makes zero sense.

I actually feel more optimistic in the last, you know, 48 hours. Susan Collins and Romney and others coming out and say that they`d vote for it.

I think it`s really important that Leader Schumer is going to put it to a vote no matter what.

I encourage members to read it. It should pass.

I think it would be so important to really present a truly transformational budget on cyber.

I thank my colleague, Representative Demings, for holding this Special Order hour in honor of fallen law enforcement officers. It is National Police Week, a time to recognize and honor the men and women who have answered the call to…

I ask that you take a thorough look at these WSE groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations as soon as possible.

I just, you know, think we should put the same RMVE groups through that same process to see what happens.

I ask for your help in clarifying what their designation means for U.S. diplomatic reporting, intelligence sharing, and law enforcement cooperation between the U.S. and Canada.

As the President said just last night, we won't ignore what our intelligence agencies have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland today, White supremacy.

We won't ignore what our intelligence agencies have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today: White supremacy is terrorism.

I am deeply impacted by our experience on Iraq as someone who grew up as an Iraq specialist and who didn't agree with the decision to go to zero in Iraq.

we have learned in the past 20 years that our best attempts in these wars is through coalitions, through alliances.

Do you feel confident that the American people will stay safe and not be attacked again emanating out of Afghanistan?

I think for the most part most of us feel, at least I feel from my constituents, that they want to be out of Afghanistan.

I write to ask that you designate additional overseas violent WSE groups in the attached list that meet the necessary criteria as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).

I was struck by the threat these white supremacist groups pose, the amount of contact they have with extremists in the U.S.

Such designations will help apply more stress to curtail these violent organizations' and their leaders' ability to operate their groups.

Even just on Monday of this week, a 22-year-old man from my district affiliated with this group was charged with 2 felony counts related to modifying a semiautomatic weapon.

We don't fight against flesh and blood.

Congressional attention to this problem is vital.