This is unacceptable.

I hope the Senate will finally act on these measures, as the American public awaits a meaningful Congressional response.

I am glad this hearing can build upon the school safety field hearing this subcommittee held last year in New Jersey.

These tragedies not only senselessly take innocent lives but do so much to inhibit focus and learning by invoking fear and anxiety among students, faculty, and staff, alike.

Gun violence must be addressed both inside and outside of schools to really improve the safety of children in America.

I want to take a moment to specifically thank Lauren Hogg and Max Schachter for being here today.

Too often, ICE turns a blind eye to the conditions at its facilities.

How, one might ask, did these blatant violations of detention standards and, for that matter, human decency, continue under ICE's watch?

The threat to our students continues. During the first half of 2019, there were 22 school shootings.

White supremacist, far-right extremists are now the most ascendant transnational terror threat facing the homeland in a fluid and somewhat diversifying risk matrix.

A recent Pentagon inspector general report stated that ISIS was resurging in Syria after the administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.

White supremacist, far-right extremists--and I do not mean conservative people of goodwill--have killed at least 26 people so far this year.

It is unacceptable the Secretary of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director... refused a bipartisan invitation to testify at this hearing.

A recent Pentagon inspector general's report stated that ISIS was resurging in Syria after the administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.

I look forward to the committee taking up additional domestic terrorism legislation later this month.

It is unacceptable that the Secretary of Homeland Security, FBI director, and acting director of National Counterterrorism Center refused a bipartisan invitation to testify at this hearing.

Despite organizational setbacks and loss of physical territory, foreign terrorist organizations like ISIS and al-Qaeda remain capable and committed.

Al-Qaeda is as strong as it has ever been, and has let ISIS absorb the brunt of the world's counter-terrorism efforts.

We continue to face threats from foreign terrorist organizations and home-grown violent extremists.

While white supremacists and ultra nationalists will remain--will maintain their position at the top of the threat matrix, the risk is also diversifying.

We are also facing a growing domestic terrorist--and particularly white nationalist--threat to our homeland.

Democrats are prepared to work with this administration if they want to. But you know, you have to sit and talk to people as if they are adults.

This knee-jerk effort that he continues to do to satisfy his base is not working.

But, Mr. President, you created the disaster along the border and now you're diverting much-needed FEMA funds to this effort.

Maybe Donald Trump will come to his senses and understand that as president of the United States, he's obligated to help Americans in time of need.