As Chairman, I do not intend to let that happen again.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the resolution. I was in west Texas this past weekend and saw nothing to justify the President's designation of a national emergency. There…

I look forward to hearing from the panel today about how we might improve CFATS and make sure we give DHS and the regulated community the civility and certainty of a long-term reauthorization program.

Unfortunately, that did not come to pass, and we once again found ourselves with no alternative but to pass another short-term extension.

So we need to close that loophole because as a volunteer fireman myself, those public-spirited first responders did not know what they were going to until it was too late.

However, I do not plan to let reauthorization become an excuse to water down regulatory requirements or diminish the overall security value of the program.

Thank you very much, Chairman Correa; Ranking Member Lesko, on your maiden voyage as Ranking Member, welcome.

I am concerned that we have not sufficiently protected this sector against cyber threats.

I would also like to express my sympathies to Ranking Member Katko on the loss of his father.

This hearing today is very important, the cyber threats facing the U.S. surface transportation sector.

That is why I am very disappointed that election security, an issue where we had an opportunity to work together to move bipartisan legislation, has gotten caught up in this partisan political power grab.

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

My personal testimony is a long time ago, Bennie Thompson ran for office, and the only reason he was able to win was because of the Voting Rights Act protections.

the voter ID law is a purge, because what we're doing is we're--we're doing--essentially doing away with voter registration and changing it to driver's licenses or Texas IDs.

My state just reduced--attempted to reduce the number of days that a person can clear up a question of residency from five days to two.

As some of you might know, our system of elections has been declared critical infrastructure, and so it's in our best interest to protect that infrastructure.

The record we compile today and in the coming months will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we still need the Voting Rights Act.

Texas is trying to act like Mississippi in voter suppression and other things.

Nearly 18 years after the September 11 attacks, it is important that we stand together and recommit ourselves to doing all we can to prevent further terrorist attacks at the Federal, State, and local levels. Enactment of H.R. 495, which…

I have no speakers, and I am prepared to close after the gentleman from Texas closes. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for yielding me the time. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of H.R. 268, a bill to help our country recover from another year of devastating natural disasters. In 2018, Americans across the country…

Today I will introduce H.R. 356, the Medgar Evers Home National Monument Act. The home is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Evers family home, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2017, is hallowed ground for those of us…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Mississippi has 13 minutes remaining.

I thank my friend, Ms. Velazquez, for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, we are currently on the 18th day of President Trump's government shutdown. On a daily basis, the economic harm of the shutdown is being felt more acutely by small…

As Secretary Nielsen notes in her letter, `` . . . if the program were to lapse--as a result of the current sunsetting provision--it would increase the risk to our country and create uncertainty across the chemical industry.'' The…