Michael McCaul actually said...

Our committee is at the forefront of overseeing the U.S. Government's response to an alarming rise in homegrown and foreign terrorist threat...

This evolving Islamist terror landscape has given rise to the 'dual threats' of foreign fighter returnees and home-grown terrorism.

We need to accurately define the threat--violent Islamist extremism--and recognize it is spreading like wildfire around the globe.

These investigations would be very important to not only fill in these security gaps, but protecting the American people.