Encourage competition. Encourage people to put forward their request for proposals (RFPs).

In my experience, competition generally leads to a better result for the taxpayer and for the agency.

I hope to be vigilant with respect to counterterrorism, border security, the effective administration of our immigration laws, responding to natural disasters.

My first priority will be to work to fill the remainder of the management vacancies, if I am confirmed.

I think that in general, the professionals who I have consulted... seem to feel that we need to move in the direction of a risk-based approach to homeland security.

As you pose it, I think my answer would be no.

I would like to see DHS get off the GAO high-risk list.

I want to call on my colleagues, both Democrat and Republican, to join me in voting to confirm him as soon as possible.

Every time I have accepted a public service position, my overriding goal is to leave the position a little bit better than I found it.

achievement really requires rigor and hard work, and that's the message we need to start really conveying to our young people.

the slowly growing cancer in America is a growing culture of entitlement and dependency