Restricting this hearing for the consideration of radicalization of American Muslims and not equally of other groups is wrong.

The number of active hate groups in the United States topped 1,000 for the first time and the anti-Government movement has expanded dramatically for the second straight year.

The claim that prisons will generate scores of terrorists spilling out into the streets of our cities--the position described at the opening of this paper--seems to be false, or at least overstated.

I am writing to strongly urge you to reconsider holding the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security.

As we consider the possible domestic effects of our actions, we must also consider the possible effects abroad.

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam.

It's the American thing to do.

I think that it is a real problem for us now to try to reach back 5 years-plus and ask people to produce records that we know they don't have.

I think people would reasonably expect 6 months or a year after the emergency you come back.

I think that is asking a bit much of Mr. Jones.

Some in Congress seem to believe that securing America's Southwest Border is the answer to our Nation's illegal immigration concerns.

Let us take maritime cargo. As you know, Congress some time ago passed a 100 percent screening mandate, and there have been issues around it.

Surely, DHS has a right to expect some predictability and certainty as it pursues its counterterrorism and homeland security activities.

I think ultimately by extending the time, I think the scanning mandate would be something that some of us would expect to be followed.

The picture it presents is potentially devastating to the Department.

The 112th Congress has not produced any of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the Government.

democracy is on the march in North Africa and the Middle East.

this notion that Government can provide all the defenses necessary to protect us from any of these threats, I think, at best is a novel, if not something that learned individuals know we can't fully accomplish.

Therefore we have to have a regimen established so that we can secure those facilities.

While that has a cost associated with it, I think it is the risk of not doing it which you can't really put a finger on.

As you know, however, enhancing security of the chemical sector is a major interest of mine.

My top concern continues to be affording TSOs the same benefits and personnel standards as other employees in the Federal pay system.

I absolutely join my colleagues in thanking you for the outreach that you have done since you have been administrator on keeping us informed.

Your decision to grant collective bargaining rights to the transportation security officers at TSA is the right thing.

This is a fundamental principle that we developed in the Homeland Security Committee, where we work with our stakeholders to protect this country. The notion of taking the resources away from the New York City Police Department, a major…