The Department of Homeland Security simply must find a better way to prioritize and tackle these challenges.

Simply put, DHS's bureaucracy should get operators what they need at the best cost to the taxpayer, and then get out of the way.

I know first-hand that Americans are fed up with the status quo and are looking for ways to improve how the Government does business.

I urge the Trump administration to fully leverage the work of these watchdogs to drain the waste and inefficiency from DHS.

For the past 8 years we watched the administration turn a blind eye to bureaucratic waste, inefficiency, and mismanagement.

I am just wondering, the question is at this point, do you think the previous administration's actions... has had an adverse impact on the attitude of your now employees?

But one of the things, in 6 seconds or less, we really need to do is really re-enforce--surge, if you will--the number of immigration courts and judges and that kind of thing to really get after the numbers of illegal aliens.

I stand before you in support of H.R. 366, the DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess, or DHS SAVE, Act of 2016. In October of 2015, the DHS inspector general released a scathing report of the Federal Protective Service's management of their…

I, once again, commend my good friend and colleague from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) on her hard work in offering this viable and meaningful solution. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 347. I yield back the balance of my time. The…

I commend my colleague for her hard work on this bill and for her bipartisan spirit in getting it to the floor with me. I, once again, urge my colleagues to support H.R. 366. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER…

Today I proudly honor my constituents, the Fairfield Area High School girls' soccer team, for earning the PIAA 1A championship. These young women have brought home the first State team sports title in Fairfield's history. The Green Knights…

I thank the gentleman, my friend from the great State of Oklahoma. I am privileged to have visited not only his State, but his district, and met the fabulous and wonderful people there, and they are lucky to have him representing them…

the Obama administration is more focused on being politically correct in its terminology than actually confronting this growing cancer

So in a lot of these different areas where we used to get valuable intelligence, great participation, insights into the threat, those countries have now become failed states and they are havens for preparing, planning, and executing…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his leadership, bringing this to our attention, and giving us the time to talk about it. Mr. Speaker, on what we are talking about, we have heard all the facts, so I don't want to belabor them. Numerous…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Committee will rise informally. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will reduce the funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 17 percent to ensure the EPA bureaucrats are not immune to the negative impacts of their actions in…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will prevent funds from being used to expand the EPA authority pursuant to section 115 of the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act, which has served us well since 1973…

I certainly appreciate the chairman's efforts over these many years, and I support everything he has done. What vexes me is with everything that we have done and he has done, the EPA still has found a way to reach into the pockets of my…

This is not to deny climate change. This is about authority. Whose authority? The United States and the individual States don't need foreign governments through the Federal administration telling us, telling them how to run their railroads…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Appropriations made in this…

I find a lot in common with the chairman and the gentlewoman from Minnesota. Certainly in times of emergency we would want to use the assets that are available to us immediately. The amendment says it prohibits the Agency to perform…