Congress has 2 responsibilities here: One is budgetary and the other is oversight.

If there is a sense that there are delays there because of lack of infrastructure, because of poor staffing strategies, people adjust their economic behavior to avoid the cross-border movement.

Cross-border travel and the efficient flow of goods and people across the border are vital to the communities I am privileged to represent.

I will focus my comments today on our Northern Border, since our border with Canada is often somewhat forgotten in these discussions.

There was a hearing earlier today in Foreign Affairs where it was disclosed that in the past year ISIS has had their footprint reduced in both Iraq and Syria.

We must ensure our friends and allies halt government-sponsored ransom payments. Doing so will lead to fewer kidnappings while also depriving terrorists of a major revenue source.

Kidnapping for ransom, antiquity smuggling and private donations represent an alarming and largely under appreciated source of terrorist financing that has largely gone unaddressed.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you for holding this, today's hearing, to explore the detention and monitoring of radical ideology in prisons.

I believe it is important to distinguish between the terms radicalization and terrorism.

I believe it is important to distinguish the terms 'radicalization' and 'terrorism.'

I hope we can have a robust discussion of the existence of these programs as we seek to understand whether post-prison countering violent extremist reentry programs may be helpful in reducing recidivism and decreasing the allure of…