Turkey is also caring for 2.1 million refugees from Syria, spending almost $8 billion, something people forget about.

I am working with my colleagues in order to ensure the safety of the Third District, South Carolina, and the United States.

I commend the Department in the wake of San Bernardino for forming this task force in light of the 2012 policy.

This is why I drafted the SAFE Act, which passed the House with a bipartisan, veto-proof majority last year.

We are in the highest threat environment since 9/11. Yet there is a crisis of confidence in Washington's ability to do what it takes to protect our country.

I am particularly interested in knowing whether there is a way to improve the vetting process to identify people that seek to do us harm.

We marked up a bill yesterday to try and close these gaps, but has something changed since this IG report in place now to fix these issues? This is a travesty.

These policies of the Obama administration put Americans at risk, because we don't know who is coming into that country by allowing unvetted Syrian refugees.

I am amazed that an administration that wants to expand background checks for law-abiding American citizens exercising their Second Amendment Constitutional rights will refuse to do the background checks necessary on possibly Syrian…

Make no mistake: They want to send their foot soldiers to our shores.

Today, we are in the highest threat environment since 9/11, yet there is a crisis of confidence in Washington's ability to do what it takes to protect our country.