The 112th Congress has not produced any of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the Government.

I think ultimately by extending the time, I think the scanning mandate would be something that some of us would expect to be followed.

Let us take maritime cargo. As you know, Congress some time ago passed a 100 percent screening mandate, and there have been issues around it.

Surely, DHS has a right to expect some predictability and certainty as it pursues its counterterrorism and homeland security activities.

The picture it presents is potentially devastating to the Department.

democracy is on the march in North Africa and the Middle East.

this notion that Government can provide all the defenses necessary to protect us from any of these threats, I think, at best is a novel, if not something that learned individuals know we can't fully accomplish.

As you know, however, enhancing security of the chemical sector is a major interest of mine.

While that has a cost associated with it, I think it is the risk of not doing it which you can't really put a finger on.

Therefore we have to have a regimen established so that we can secure those facilities.

Your decision to grant collective bargaining rights to the transportation security officers at TSA is the right thing.