Jeh Johnson

I am impressed with the new President of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales. He is a dynamic leader in Guatemala.

I believe we need to have better, clearer metrics for measuring border security.

The Inspector General's report that was unfortunately leaked last summer was a bit of a wakeup call for TSA, and I made sure it was a wakeup call for TSA.

I believe that this deadline will be met.

I can attest that Congressman Cuellar is extremely popular in Laredo, Texas.

If they are not, they probably should be so that is my best answer.

I think it is better than it was. We now have an interagency task force that includes the Department of State and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

I was very pleased that Congress this year provided $50 million for that purpose.

I think that domestically it is critical that we build bridges to a lot of communities, including Muslim communities, and I think we are doing that.

These people want immigration reform, but they also want the border kept under control.

I have told my folks I want to see this begin in the implementation at airports by 2018.

The heroin epidemic is very real, and it has become an interagency coordinated task force mission.

I think that we have done the best we can do within the budget caps that we have to adequately fund our vital Homeland Security missions.

To be quite honest with you, the administrator of TSA and I are making a renewed effort at aviation security.

We have had considerable success at the border with interdiction, but there is the interior effort as well.

I can imagine other agencies that should be supporting and contributing to this effort.

I think we need to keep at this, which is why we are asking for more money in 2017.

As a matter of fact, we try to produce the documents that are being requested.

Such a statement from the top U.S. Homeland Security official doesn't exactly instill confidence in the vetting system.

We are talking about 10,000 people, I am committed that we do it carefully, and we vet these people as carefully as we can.

I urge Congress to repeal sequestration so that we can do what we need to do for the American people.

Please repeal sequestration. If I have to deal with sequestration, then I come up short on CVE and a lot of other things.

There is a great deal that has been done and is being done now to secure our networks. There is more to do.

We want to eventually use this office to extend its reach out into the field.

I want this office to focus on taking our efforts... to the next level.