I could not agree with you more. I think part of the exercise here is to determine what can we at the Federal level do to help.

It is my hope that with the help of your testimony, we will raise awareness about this issue and identify solutions that will have a significant impact on human trafficking in Houston and throughout this Nation.

I believe Homeland Security should be front and center on the front lines of this crucial scourge to eliminate it.

We have an obligation to protect the most vulnerable in our society and assure that services provided are adequate, sufficient, and timely.

I believe very strongly that the State Department and the government should understand the importance of Taiwan being part of the TPP.

It is a good time to highlight how supportive we have been and still are of the thriving democracy that exists on Taiwan.

We believe that more engagement... creates a more stable and peaceful environment.

I must say I was disappointed that the budget request proposes new entitlement spending, while recommending nearly $1 billion in cuts to the Department of Homeland Security.

Budgets are important documents, not just operationally, but because they expose priorities.

I hope that when we look at the increased budget for personnel for agents--Border Patrol agents, that we take a look at the increase that the Department has proposed to make sure that that can be applied to border agent overtime so that we…

Unfortunately, the realities of growing threats are not reflected in the proposed budget.