Peter King

They have not flatly denied it.

I think we can say we have done, I think, as well if not better than almost any other committee in Congress in trying to find ways to work together.

I am proud, at this time, to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren), who is chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies; and…

The private sector is a vital partner in transportation security, and the ASAC ensures that industry has a seat at the table as the government works to make our homeland more secure. I urge the adoption of this bipartisan bill, and I yield…

I have no further requests for time. If the gentleman from Mississippi has, no further requests for time, I am prepared to close, once the gentleman does.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I agree to work with him moving forward to ensure that this issue is addressed in a manner to ensure this participation.

This bipartisan bill is a good bill. I urge my colleagues to support it. It builds very strongly on the initial port security bill of 2006 that was sponsored by Mr. Lungren, who is here today, and Jane Harman, who was also in Congress at…

I have no further requests for time. If the gentleman from Mississippi has no further speakers, I am prepared to close once he does.

I have a real concern.

But I think you are proving my point. That was a policy decision.

We do not need to see this happen again before we take action.

I do not understand how the Department can ignore a statutory mandate designed to close a known vulnerability.

We must remove the opportunities and the instrumentalities of destruction.

We must accept that we will not be able to find every lone wolf bent on terror.

But you mentioned the lawsuit that was filed against the NYPD. You also quoted John Brennan earlier on. I think you should say that--also put in the record--that John Brennan, just last April 21, said that he has full confidence the NYPD…

I believe the thesis has been proved; that Hezbollah is a threat to this country, a growing threat.

I come from a region which has almost 6 million daily passengers on subway and commuter lines. This legislation is absolutely vital, I urge its adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Representative Meehan has spent a great deal of time studying various threats to the homeland, including al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Pakistani Taliban, Hezbollah, and Boko Haram. He fully understands the threat to the U.S…

It's only because of the late hour--we have three more pieces of vital legislation to pass in the next 15 or 20 minutes--that I am not speaking at length on this issue because it is so vital. I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for it. I…

I advise my colleague that I am prepared to close as I have no further speakers.

Devising a comprehensive plan to secure our Nation's borders is the first step on the road to a more secure homeland. This bipartisan bill is a good start, and I ask my colleagues to support its passage. I yield back the balance of my time.

Ranking Member, I have one further speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).

I have never seen anything so tightly held. It was held as close -- as close as anything I have ever seen.

It puts things at risk, it puts the investigation at risk.

I will say this is the most -- one of the most sophisticated and successful intelligence operations that I have been aware of.