Brian Higgins

It has infiltrated the Western Hemisphere, but more directly it has infiltrated the United States with a presence in 15 cities.

Hezbollah in Arabic is the Party of God. It is a Shia group that is committed to violent jihad.

Should border management--or pre-clearance has been deemed dead by the Secretary.

The issue of using technology for like the NEXUS pass it makes a lot of sense, but if you don't have the capacity at the bridge to get those vehicles to those, you know, expedited review and approval, then it doesn't do you much good and…

I just want to raise the issue of congestion at land ports of entry, and it poses a number of problems relative to security.

Moving forward, I want to ensure that the limited infrastructure funds available be targeted in such a way where we are looking at volume of traffic, we are prioritizing it so that we can maximize both security, as well as expedite the…

In the aftermath of 9/11, we were all taught that we are not at war as a Nation with Islam; we were at war with those who hijacked that religion and used it to justify their murderous and cowardly acts.

The agreement envisions future discussions, in which Kaesong would be considered for purposes of the agreement part of South Korea.

The word is ``slave'' because when you are forced to do work and your owner rebuts, you know, the national government is the one that receives the payment.

The two most powerful forces in these movements throughout that region seems to be technology and youth.

I think what we have learned with Egypt and the other countries in the Middle East and North Africa is that there is often a very, very different view of us from the regime to the people themselves.

For the first time, a lot of these people are seeing what is going on in the rest of the world, and they want to be treated like citizens, not subjects.

Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East.

The two most powerful forces in the world today are youth and technology.

We need clarity from the Department of Homeland Security on this issue.

The Peace Bridge connects my community, western New York, to southern Ontario.

Implementing the proposed land preclearance framework would have required the United States to accept a lower level of security at a land preclearance crossing than at any other U.S. port of entry.

Thank you for your March 26, 2009 letter regarding land preclearance for border crossings between Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Ontario.

I strongly urge this Committee to produce a budget document that reflects the President's call to double cancer research funding with all immediate speed.

In these tough economic times, we need to provide institutions like Roswell with more support.

A doubling of cancer research funding over time will ultimately improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

These funding decreases, if factored for inflation, represent a devastating 17 percent cut in research funding for the National Institutes of Health since 2003.

I am proud to share the President's goal, and it is one that I think should be America's goal, to end suffering due to cancer in our lifetime.

It should be America's goal. And as a Nation, we should insist on a massive investment behind cancer research, prevention, and early detection.

The goal was to eliminate all human suffering is and death due to cancer by the year 2015.