Well, let me thank the witnesses for your expertise and for appearing here today.

I believe this is the third time we have introduced this. Hopefully, the third time is a charm and we will get this important legislation passed.

DHS needs a single strategic document which subordinate agencies can follow and make sure the strategy is effectively and efficiently implemented.

In closing, I would like to reiterate what we said at our last organizational meeting that Mr. Thompson, the Ranking Member, we look forward to working with you in a bipartisan way to accomplish our shared goal of protecting the homeland.

The United States will not accept a Palestinian Government that includes Hamas.

I was one of a handful of Republicans to vote to support the President's position in Libya.

I certainly hope so. I think when you have a United States Ambassador personally warning about the situation over there, sending this cable to your office.

I am worried about the strategy of leading from behind.

An emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on August 16 by the Ambassador himself, warning what could happen. And this cable went unnoticed by your office. That is the bottom line.

The only thing that can stop this amazing story from continuing is politics, specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency's thinly veiled campaign to restrict access to these resources.

If you look at how groups evolve, particularly the FARC in Colombia, it went from being a very ideological organization until it got into the drug trade.