Mike McCaul

I believe he is wrong.

I agree that we need to look at China and but the fact is, as you point out, Admiral, they are not part of this agreement and they are not a signatory to this agreement.

It seems to me we do get intelligence out of this and without this we would go dark and, potentially, an arms race would start.

I think that is completely appropriate.

We should not allow New START to expire and potentially invite China to raise to parity with the United States.

We need to ensure that New START is extended in a responsible manner and that a strategic dialog begin as soon as possible.

I would like to examine the feasibility of expanding New START to address China's nuclear arsenal and Russia and Chinese exotic weapons.

Despite these successes, we must be realistic about the future.

The treaty has been successful, resulting in a 30 percent reduction in deployed nuclear warheads and a 50 percent reduction in deployed launched vehicles.

I agreed with President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty earlier this year after Russia's longstanding and clear violations.

This committee and you and I personally have worked extensively in a bipartisan manner over the years to highlight the continued threat that Vladimir Putin poses to the United States and to our interests abroad.

However, I have seen no hearings in the House regarding the 3 loopholes that are causing the crisis, such as the abuse of the asylum process, the Flores settlement agreement, or the TVPRA.

The significant gains made on this issue are because of our President and the men and women of the CBP and ICE.

Now there is a crisis on the border. Even though many said there were no caravans, there were, and we saw them.

The loopholes that Congress has failed to close, along with the numerous enticements such as abolish ICE, no more immigration detention, and free health care for aliens, sanctuary cities, a pathway to citizenship for those here illegally…

The Border Patrol has said that 40 to 50 percent of their manpower is no longer on the front line defending our border because they are dealing with these families and UACs.

I think that is correct. You know, we talk a lot about domestic terrorism being on the rise, but I do not think we can let our eyes off the ball with foreign terrorist organizations and international terrorism.

Domestic terrorism seems to be on the rise.

I think it is going to affect their ability to reorganize and to direct, but we maintain our concern about the diffuse and dispersed ISIS affiliates and their ability to continue to mount threats to U.S. interests world-wide.

I want thank Secretary McAleenan for your service to our Nation and to the American people and protecting the American people in I think very difficult times.

The extent of this Chinese effort to sinofy the Muslim population of western China is staggering.

Both these bills contain very important and complementary measures designed to increase the profile of and counter one of the most important human rights issues of the present day.

I want to commend our colleagues, Schiff, Smith, Speier, of course Engel and McCaul, Eshoo, Pallone.

Yesterday marked an historic day in the House. For the first time in over 30 years, the House took action and passed a bill recognizing the historic fact that the Armenian Genocide took place.

The partnership between our two great nations is essential to peace and security in Asia and, really, across the globe.