"the vast majority of employees within DHS are dedicated civil servants focused on protecting the Nation."
"the Mexican drug cartels today are more sophisticated and dangerous than any other organized criminal groups in our law enforcement experience."
"the smuggling of people and goods across the Nation's borders is a large-scale business dominated by organized criminal enterprises."
"a small percentage of employees have committed criminal acts and other egregious misconduct warranting stiff sanctions."
"All we are saying is, based on our audit work, TSA needs to provide clear-cut guidance and have procedures in place, and needs to follow through."
"I commend the Department for continuing to meet and work on these management challenges and improve its operations and performance."
"Good morning Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Keating and distinguished Members of the subcommittee: I am Charles K. Edwards, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."
"Thank you for the opportunity to testify on allegations of misconduct and illegal discrimination and retaliation in the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS..."
"The perception of discrimination was widely there."
"Thank you for inviting me to testify today about the Department's contracting and acquisition policies."
"We have to get the deficit down to about 3 percent of GDP in order to stabilize debt."