Bennie Thompson

The private sector can also offer an example to DHS on how to manage some of its business practices.

The Department of Homeland Security's mission is broad and all-encompassing--from aviation security to border security, emergency preparedness, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, and counterterrorism.

In closing, I would like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Katko and Ranking Member Rice for their efforts on this legislation. Through our votes today, we are honoring the life of Officer Hernandez and ensuring that Transportation Security…

It is necessary that the men and women who work to ensure that these transportation systems are trained to react to and mitigate the effects of a terrorist attack or security incident; they are a vital layer of security.

I think that it is critical that we don't profile, that we don't unduly harass, and that we don't detain individuals simply because of how they look or what their religion is.

I think the Chairman will agree with me on that.

TSA is plagued with very low morale and an extremely high turnover rate.

I want to thank Chairman Ratcliffe for calling today's hearing on encouraging cybersecurity best practices.

I don't think time is necessarily on our side.

We need a very strong and very nimble strategy.

I just want us to do it right. I don't want us just to set another bureaucracy up and give some money.

I think while the issues associated with the Muslim community is just one set of risk in this narrative, I think we need to have a broader message.

I think it is important for us to hear what they are doing, but it is also important for us to hear what they think should be doing.

Prevention is likely to be more cost-effective than surveillance, trials, or wars.

In order to fulfill its mission, Office of Air and Marine (OAM) uses its integrated air and marine force to detect and interdict the unlawful movement of people, illegal drugs, and other contraband moving toward or crossing the borders of…

The Department of Homeland Security has approached this committee with a reorganization proposal to establish a central headquarters office responsible for assessing and responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and…

What impact would climate change have from an emergency preparedness standpoint and the fiscal soundness of the Flood Insurance Program?

If climate change is one of those risks, we have to task the Department with coming up with an approach to manage it.

One of the issues that people have not focused on is, if you look at who the bad people are in this country right now, they are not Muslims, they are not people who identify with the Islamic faith.

Today's hearing title mischaracterizes the Department of Homeland Security's programs that address security risks linked to climate change as 'climate politics' and a 'misplaced focus.'

I support the interest my colleagues in the Majority have demonstrated to countering violent terrorism wherever it rears its head.

Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and that no single approach can protect us completely.

Our networks and databases cannot be protected by one protocol, one sophisticated procedure, or one magic arrow.

I thank the leadership of this subcommittee for continuing to focus on our Nation's most pressing cyber vulnerabilities--protecting our Nation's critical infrastructure systems, and protecting citizens and Federal workers and their…

Prohibiting Syrian refugees from resettlement or lowering the already minimal number of refugees in the United States now, when there is no real evidence that they are a terror threat, would be to actively and explicitly discriminate…