Mike McCaul

I believe it is radical Islamist extremism that is the enemy.

The barbarians are at the gate.

I ask my colleagues on the committee to join me in asking the leadership of the House to pass a budget to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2015

The Department of Homeland Security must be able to do its job and that Congress not providing full funding for the agency for fiscal year 2015 is a hindrance to the agency's mission

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.

We must keep those barbaric terrorists out of the homeland to protect the American people.

Yet, it is getting worse. We are not even doing 3 percent.

How can this continue to happen and, in fact, go in the opposite direction?

It is getting worse instead of better.

This hearing is an important opportunity to examine security programs designed to mitigate potential insider threats from airport employees.

It is vital that the agencies responsible for protecting our airports are doing all that they can to keep our aviation sector safe.

Thank you for your letter of January 28 to National Security Advisor Susan Rice regarding the Administration's program to admit Syrian refugees to the United States.

I think, Mr. Chairman, we have an opportunity to work in this committee...

We don't know how to respond to these things.

This is disturbing because, as a threat, vectors develop...

I think that is the vision.

We just passed a bill the last day of the last Congress, 5 cyber security bills, one codifying...

I appreciate you mentioning me here.

The President said over 20 times that he did not have the legal authority to do this.

Presidents Reagan and Bush worked with the Congress.

I disagree with the President's approach in this case.

The President knows the damage of these actions.

The President's unilateral actions to bypass Congress undermine the Constitution and threaten our democracy.

We need to reform our immigration laws, but we need to do it the right way, and that means starting the process in the lawmaking branch of our Government.