Brian Higgins

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

This hearing is a timely and necessary follow-up to our hearing last May regarding al-Qaeda operations in both Iran and Syria.

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

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.

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.

It was always about control and manipulation.

I have gone on record before to state that cyber threats know no limits and have no boundaries.

I would like to thank the Chairman for holding today's hearing.

What you need is mutual steps here.

If a parallel move is made on the Palestinian side, what could the Palestinians do? As my colleague Ted Deutch had said, put Israel on a map.

I represent Buffalo. Buffalo was lobbed off the list because of budget constraints.

I look forward to hearing today's testimony as we continue to expand our knowledge of the threats, groups, and counterterrorism efforts within the Caucasus region.

It was really a fight for power. In that part of the world, which is highly pluralistic--you know, minorities are aligning themself with Assad for one reason, survival.

Because, as we know, Syria is about 75 percent Sunni, and Sunnis take control.