The real crisis is the conditions in some Central American countries that are pushing people north.

I applaud the Biden administration for committing to addressing the root causes of migration.

The situation at the Southern Border is not a new challenge.

We cannot afford to wait any longer to provide the funding necessary to protect our State and local governments.

we regret the fact that your work as head of CISA ended over your principled stand that the election was, in fact, a legitimate election

According to employee surveys, TSA ranks dead last out of 415 Federal agency subcomponents on employee pay satisfaction.

Simply put, H.R. 903 is about workers' rights, civil rights, and enhancing our Nation's security.

Unfortunately, after almost 20 years of promises by previous administrations to improve TSA's personnel management system, the TSA workforce still lacks the resources and support it needs to execute its mission successfully.

TSA is essential to the Nation's homeland security enterprise. It could not do its critical work without its strongest asset: Its workforce.

Under TSA's mismanaged personnel system, employees lack basic civil service protections and benefits Congress codified for most Federal workers many decades ago.

Despite serving on the front lines of homeland security during the COVID-19 pandemic, TSOs remain among the lowest-paid Federal workers.

We are here today to talk about racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists or RMVEs.

The report warned that U.S.-based RMVE actors 'who promote the superiority of the White race' possess the most 'persistent and concerning transnational connections'.

It is time for our treatment of foreign RMVE threats to be consistent with how we treat other foreign terrorist threats.

The January 6 attack will undoubtedly serve as a watershed moment for RMVE actors across the globe.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Let me say before I give my formal talk how happy I am that the 2 ladies from Florida are running the show.

The committee has always prioritized oversight of Homeland Security Grants and I am glad that the subcommittee is starting this Congress with such a critical hearing.

The homeland security grant programs, also commonly referred to as preparedness grants, were created nearly 20 years ago after the September 11 terrorist attacks revealed gaps in our Nation's emergency preparedness.

I am glad that former President Trump's proposed cuts to existing preparedness grants funding failed due to bipartisan opposition from Member of Congress.

It is simply unconscionable that some would try to bring back the Trump administration's inhumane policy of returning vulnerable children back to the dangerous conditions they fled.

We also do not have to sacrifice border security to treat vulnerable unaccompanied children with basic decency. We can do both.

When there was a surge of families and children at the border in 2018, President Trump tore children from their parents.

This challenge is not new. We have seen increased arrivals of unaccompanied children and others at the U.S.-Mexico border.

I appreciate the gentlewoman allowing me to talk about my friend, Alcee Hastings. Madam Speaker, Alcee Hastings to a lot of us, is what we call a Renaissance man. When you knew Alcee, you knew somebody who knew exactly what he was talking…

Inspectors general must not shy away from the politically sensitive topics or allow political considerations to affect their work.