I want to learn from General Hayden when it is appropriate to leave our public servants in a dangerous situation in the interest of gathering more intelligence.

By holding this hearing in the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, the committee is sending a strong message to the American public that chemical security is a shared responsibility.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important and timely hearing.

This committee has a responsibility to the American people to make the Department of Homeland Security work and, accordingly, our Nation more secure.

This committee has been actively engaged in helping to address the threat of terrorist travel.

Every generation faces monumental moments where their tenacity to overcome the challenges of the time are tested.

This Congress, I look forward to working with Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Thompson, and Ranking Member Richmond to craft thoughtful cybersecurity legislation that achieves this balance.

I want to thank the witnesses for testifying before this committee and I look forward to your testimony.

The Thompson amendment to the Student Success Act is a commonsense amendment that ensures millions of poor, minority, and disadvantaged students will not be overlooked in the chaos that emanates from this rewrite of our educational policy…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 620, after line 8, insert the following: SEC. 802. DELAY OF EFFECTIVE DATE. Notwithstanding any other…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for the time. It is quite clear that a short-term CR is not in the best interest of the country. It is quite clear that the politics of Homeland Security puts us at risk as a Nation. All of the things…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mississippi will be postponed. Amendment No. 44 Offered by Mr. Scott of Virginia The Acting…

In taking from the comments from the speaker in opposition, you want the States to certify, but you want the Federal Government to provide the money. What we are saying is, if the Federal Government is providing the money, then they should…

Information sharing in the intelligence community is an evolving puzzle of pieces.

I look forward to seeing this subcommittee, with you and Ranking Member Watson Coleman at the helm, conduct vigilant and bipartisan oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, a Representative in Congress From the State of Mississippi, and Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Security:

Unfortunately, as we meet today to discuss recommendations for DHS, Republicans in the House continue to put partisan politics and pandering to their fringe ahead of funding the Department responsible for keeping the homeland secure.

Since the 9/11 attacks, both Congress and the Executive branch have addressed the systematic problems caused by both the failure to analyze and the failure to share information.

Information sharing is critical to our Nation's security.

Within the next 5 years, the Secret Service will provide protection through two Presidential election cycles, two Democratic national conventions, two Republican national conventions, the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, and other…

if we don't have a Department that is funded, a lot of the missions we have talked about here today will suffer.

the essential funding for the Department of Homeland Security is no place for the majority to showboat against immigration reform that strengthens our economy and our country.

So the best way to get on with our challenge is to have a budget so that we know how to plan and implement accordingly.

In closing, I would be remiss if I did not mention the looming funding crisis at DHS.