So what did you do? I understand it is complicated, we have a big bureaucratic system. When you saw those pictures of babies in cages, what did you do?

We cannot be a country that perpetuates that.

Let's remember that we have significant border locations to our north, and they shouldn't be ignored.

It just feels like it potentially wasn't enough if we are still dealing with those separations.

I get a lot of--I guess they would call them complaints from people back home, generally about the lack of information sharing.

We require facilities to put into their site security plans measures that they would increase in the event we reach out to them and tell them that there is a specific or a more generalized elevated threat that they need to concern…

So how would a Member of Congress know after March whether the facilities in his or her district have communicated effectively with local law enforcement, that there is a shared understanding of kind-of the risks?

So I think I can tell you with confidence that all facilities within the CFATS program, all facilities covered by CFATS, will have made connections with their relevant local first responders.

If we started to see trends in, you know, these hacktivists or these cyber threats against chemical facilities, would you know about it?

the burden of American greatness and our industrial might must be how we define these moonshot visions

Frustrated by the lack of action on this critical issue, Democrats on this committee and the Committee on House Administration launched the Congressional Task Force on Election Security in July 2017.

The intelligence community has made clear the threats to our elections persist, so more work remains to be done.

If we, as a people, do not believe in our system, all forward progress is lost.

I think election security has got to be one of the most bipartisan issues.

There is a huge group of people who are just ready to say, on both sides, that 2020 isn't going to be free and fair.

Election security is a National security issue and it must transcend party politics because it requires a unified effort to protect America's elections.

So I know I have a very short time and thank you as a military spouse for ensuring that our military can vote.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2, add the following new subsection: (c) Authority to Consult With Secretary of…

the timing of the decision to deploy, which is hard to feel wasn't political given how close it was to the midterms.

I am extremely concerned that we preserve the perception and reality that the U.S. military is apolitical.

Real border security cannot be achieved by building a wall on the Southern Border, blocking asylum seekers, or separating children from their parents.

No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing a policy to separate families at the border.

I am prepared to use the tools at the committee's disposal to obtain the information if the Secretary fails to comply.

The President himself admitted there is no emergency, even as he was announcing his declaration, saying, 'I didn't need to do this. I just want to do it faster.'

I want people to think about where we will be if it becomes normal to ask foreign governments to intervene in our political process.