I think the people that they sent in lieu of the Secretary are sometimes best situated to answer our more direct questions.

We definitely appreciate the FBI's work on this. I mean, when our universities are coming up with cutting edge research and development and technologies, just to see them stolen by our adversaries.

the American people want us to address the real physical and financial threats that exist in the real world.

I definitely agree. Our local police chiefs and sheriffs really support the Project Safe Neighborhoods, and it is a great program with a high return on investment for helping reduce gun and violent crime in our communities.

This is why I think the American people are interested in having this conversation, and making sure the FBI is using their resources in the protection and security of America.

That's very good to hear. We are working on legislation to try to make the EUL longer.

Administrator Bridenstine, it is great to have you here today. I really enjoy hearing your knowledge on all subjects of NASA.

I am reintroducing the bipartisan AQUAA Act this year, to provide a clear path for permitting aquaculture in U.S. waters.

We need to rely more on our domestic fisheries than foreign imports.

For a couple of years at the end of the Obama administration, violent crime in America started to tick up, that means more robberies, more murders, and more assaults.

Mississippi is grateful for the financial assistance post-Katrina recovery to the tune of over 3-point something billion dollars.

I know the shutdown was tough on them and their families, and hopefully moving forward legislatively we can find a way that that doesn't happen again.

FEMA is kind of like second-guessing.

I think the more that we squeeze the southern border to secure it, to protect Americans, we may be seeing some increased activity on our seas and in our maritime domains.

I think before there is any meddling with the Jones Act, people should really step back and have an informed conversation about all the puts and takes and the impacts to national security.

Thank you for keeping those deadly drugs out of our communities and out of our states.

Our whole mind-set was not to just build back, but build forward.

That is one place we can find bipartisan support is Buy American Hire American.

I think it sends a horrific message, and are we doing anything to go after the voter fraud in these cities.

From being able to discuss things with the professionals that are knowledgeable on the subject matter, we learn things every day to help us make decisions.

I am proud to represent the Mississippi Gulf Coast, which is home to NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

Of course, several reasons, probably because we have a large, 2,000-mile contiguous border with Mexico and that border is not secure.

Well, I hope we can eradicate 100 percent of human trafficking, especially in this day and age with technology.

How many others do you feel are out there? And also you say smuggled; by smuggled, I am assuming that they are not crossing the ports of entry, they are coming in through our porous border, correct?

This is nothing more than they disagree with an individual on their policies and their programs and their politics, and they want to punish that person.