the essential funding for the Department of Homeland Security is no place for the Majority to showboat against immigration reform that strengthens our economy and our country.

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

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

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

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

This committee faces, I believe, continuous and growing resource constraints in light of the dynamic security threats, recent world events, and key national policy debates.

I have never seen a threat environment higher than I do today since 9/11.

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

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.

You know, it just baffles me how we can almost, like, talk out of both sides of our mouths and say that we want to make sure that the homeland is safe, but because of an issue you have with the Executive branch, we are going to play games…

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