DHS preparedness grants have proved to be an invaluable investment in America's security.

the fact is that is the reality and we are here to face reality.

the problem we have here is the administrations look upon this as a budget issue and they look at it as being static.

this committee has worked better when it is bipartisan.

I think Mr. Miller would agree also that when you make these arrests in New York, you get intel that affects the whole country.

we have to defend ourselves.

It makes no sense on the heel of when the National convention is coming to Charlotte, in addition to everything else, to take them off the UASI list.

I will just concur with Mr. Rose, as far as Nassau and Suffolk, also being very concerned about the bail reform.

we have to expand the size of the budget.

I am proud to have supported Chairman Thompson's efforts to secure funding to protect nonprofit organizations at risk of terrorist attacks.

the threats are as great today as they were prior to 9/11.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I stand in strong support of this legislation. I want to commend my colleague, Congressman Suozzi, for introducing it. Madam Speaker, I am really disappointed in my Republican colleagues…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. As Chairman Nadler must recall, exactly 21 years ago today, I spoke on this floor in opposition to…

The President's 2018 National Biodefense Strategy states that biological threats are, 'among the most serious threats facing the United States and the international community.'

He was a true gentleman, a very distinguished person to work with.

Since the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, the terrorist threat against the United States continues to grow and evolve.

Unfortunately, recent reports have indicated that the CWMD office has significantly scaled back or eliminated the specific programs put in place to help protect the country.

In recent years, the desire to use non-conventional weapons has increased.

Since the horrific attacks of September 11, the terrorist threat against the United States continues to grow and to evolve.

In 2001, we witnessed first-hand the grim reality of bioweapon use when anthrax powder was delivered through the mail.

Over the last several decades, our Nation has witnessed egregious acts of violence in schools.

Many of those things are low-cost or no-cost. Those measures will be on SchoolSafety.gov.

In my view the main reason school shootings have been an epidemic for the past 2 decades is two-fold.

In order to move the needle, we have to make sure schools are not just throwing money at the problem.

One of best ways to prevent the next school shooting are threat assessment teams.