Donald Payne Jr.

Our ability to issue timely emergency alerts and warnings is an essential component of the National preparedness.

I am concerned that a single employee was able to issue the alert in the first place.

Ultimately, for public alerts and warnings to be effective, the public has to trust them.

How are you adjusting your training and exercise policies to ensure that people working for you understand what to do if a false alert does go out?

I was troubled to see that he proposed slashing TSGP grants funding by 52 percent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

To continually circumvent this body that represents the American people, it is very dangerous and a slippery slope.

As the House Committee on Homeland Security holds hearings on 'World-Wide Threats: Keeping America Secure in the New Age of Terror,' we write to provide the views of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and ask that this statement be included…

I would just like to thank all the witnesses for their service to this Nation to this point.

Our National response doctrine is not working for the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and we need to figure out what we can do to expedite the response and recovery efforts there.

To those fed up with Members of Congress sending their thoughts and prayers to victims of mass shootings every time it happens, and then refusing to do anything to stop it, I stand with you as well.

I think it is incumbent upon us to continue to have the administration, whichever administration it is, understand how important this is.

If we can do the things that we need to do to thwart it, then we wouldn't find ourselves in that position.

To me, that means we are missing out on untapped potential.

Invest aggressively in growing domestic cybersecurity talent.

If we do not provide 'Dreamers' a path to citizenship, we run the risk of hemorrhaging talent across a wide variety of disciplines.

this bridge, if it goes down, stops traffic between Massachusetts and Florida.

Congress' inability or unwillingness to come up with the reliable funding stream for Amtrak since its inception has contributed to your company's shortcomings in updating infrastructure

I hope that we could really bring attention to how vital this single bridge is

this is something that, from my understanding, is shovel-ready with the input of the Federal Government's dollars that we could start on this project

I have spoken to President Trump, who is absolutely committed to doing whatever is necessary to devastate MS-13.

The bottom line is MS-13 is a morally depraved, transnational murderous gang which terrorizes innocent people.

It is essential we have a full-scale National, State, and local effort to destroy and end the terrorism, the tyranny of MS-13.

I also know for a fact that the vast majority of immigrants in this country are not criminals.

It is essential that the word get out that it is important that there be cooperation with law enforcement.