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

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.

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

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.

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

It is getting worse instead of better.

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

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.