Brian Higgins

ISIS has declared war on Christians. ISIS wants genocide now.

Violent Islamist extremists in Africa are not a new phenomenon.

But I do believe that even if, you know, in the end we have to exercise a military option because negotiations fail, I do think we have to demonstrate to the international community that every diplomatic avenue was exhausted before that…

Don't you believe that there will be long-term consequences for the U.S. and NATO if we fail to live up to our commitments to defend our allies?

Complacency is unacceptable.

The ultimate goal of intelligence is to provide accurate analysis in a timely manner.

It has been both said and proven time and time again: Information sharing leads to better and more informed decision making and ultimately leads to a safer environment for everyone.

The Honorable Brian Higgins, a Representative in Congress From the State of New York, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence:

Information sharing is an integral part of our Nation's security.

How important is the number of centrifuges to the negotiations ongoing right now?

The nuclear missile and cyber threat of North Korea is profound.

There is only one geopolitical option equal to North Korea's threat, and that is to work with our allies.

Combating, confronting effectively ISIS in Iraq helps us and the Free Syrian Army more effectively confront ISIS in Syria.

ISIS' most potent recruitment tool is momentum. It is success. It is the conquest of territory covering large portions of Syria and Iraq.

Unless and until you can break the momentum of ISIS, it doesn't matter where foreign fighters are coming from.

The Kurdish Army, or the Peshmerga, otherwise known as those who confront death, is estimated to be between 250,000 and 357,000 fighters.

The Islamic State's rapid conquest of a territory covering large portions of Syria and Iraq is, in part, going to the prolific recruitment of foreign fighters who now number an estimated 16,000, nearly half of the Islamic State's fighting…

You know my district alone, last year there was a terror plot to blow up a passenger train that was thwarted.

It is hard to know that--where this is going, because nobody saw it coming.

Last year, when Hassan Rouhani was running for President, he was one of six candidates. He was viewed as the reform candidate.

I opposed, primarily because at that point it seemed as though, you know, the administration was using the justification that 100,000 people had been killed because of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

There is really no game-changing moment unless and until the warring factions make a decision that in order to progress, they have to coexist peacefully.

More military intervention... despite the fact that he doesn't deserve American support.

We have a role to play, and we have a great stake in the outcome.

The more you learn about that part of the world, the more you conclude that it is an absolute mess and that there are no good options for the United States.