Canine contributions to the security of our Nation are vast along our borders, at our ports of entry, in our airports and beyond.

With the highest threat environment since 9/11, our law enforcement personnel must have the tools they need to keep Americans safe.

As terrorists seek to exploit any vulnerability in our security the Department's use of canines is that much more important.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the first week in May as Small Business Week in the United States and to applaud the contributions of the 1 million small-business owners from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The entrepreneurs at…

We believe that we must have a strategy and that the President must come to us as well for further and continued military action.

It would be my assertion that they followed us into space but they are ahead of us in a couple different ways.

I think that many of us understand and agree that money spent on diplomacy, as opposed to on uniforms and bullets, is wisely spent if it can reach the intended goals.

The risks to National security are breathtaking and unacceptable.

45 months is way too long when I think about somebody that is listed by the courts as 'should be deported.'

I hope I have your commitment today and the commitment of your successor, when named, that the USCIS is willing to work constructively with the GAO, the OIG, and the Congress to correct long-standing deficiencies.

Management malpractice is simply unacceptable, but especially when criminals and terrorists seek to exploit any vulnerability in our system.