I can assure you from our side of this committee, we will do just that.

Can you provide the committee with a copy of that task order?

So none of the work--none of the hosting or anything will be done out of the----

While I embrace technological progress, I also know that every new technology presents great possibilities as well as great challenges.

As I said before, Madam Chairwoman, our Republican colleagues tend to talk tough when it comes to homeland security and immigration enforcement, but rarely do they put their money where their mouth is.

I find it curious that a practical, risk-based approach to removal of undocumented aliens would be characterized by my friends across the aisle as administrative amnesty.

Unless and until Congress appropriates sufficient funds for ICE to apprehend and remove every undocumented alien in the country we should support the agency's efforts to focus its limited resources on removing those undocumented aliens who…

Ironically, the last real amnesty was championed by President Ronald Reagan, a hero to many of my Republican colleagues.

Every dollar we waste on ineffective technology is a dollar that will not be spent to secure this Nation.

Questions Submitted by Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson for Robin E. Kane.

I hope you can work with us to stop these drastic cuts.

I am pleased that the oversight begun under our watch continues today.

I hope that Mr. Jackson and Ms. Duke will share with this committee the difficulties they found in their attempts at reform.

Mr. Chairman, I hope you can work with us to stop these drastic cuts.

I have long held that we must develop a layered security approach that pushes borders out and begins the screening process far in advance of a passenger boarding a flight in this country.

Members of Congress who talk a good game on border security will need to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to funding these programs, even in tight budgetary times.

Remembering those who died must inspire us to make this Nation better and safer.

It is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.

I will be listening carefully to today's testimony for any indication that planning for the GNDA is taking into consideration the very real possibility that huge budget cuts proposed in this year's appropriations would be approved in the…

In order to prevent the unthinkable, we must deploy the best technology, employ the best people, and do the best planning.

What troubles me about OTA is that Federal rules and laws that were created to protect businesses, taxpayers, and the Federal Government from waste, fraud, and abuse do not apply.

I cannot understand how or why we pay companies that do not perform, but apparently paying for nonperformance is not a problem at FPS.

This incident paints the clearest picture I have seen of the importance of training and the reality of the threat we face.

Meaningful discussion about border security must also include America's maritime borders.

Is there anything you need from the legislature, from Congress? Is there any assistance you need from us?