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

This is the highest priority for the committee to get DHS reauthorized for the first time.

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

I would like to be engaged in the writing of the legislation and/or to find out more in an instructive manner, how do we stop the radicalization of our young people for something as heinous as what ISIS represents.

The confluence of these challenges has placed a noticeable strain on our committee's resources.

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

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

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

It is getting worse instead of better.

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

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.