This hearing will come to order. Of course you will. Good morning. We are meeting today to consider the nomination of kristen m. Nielsen to be it next secretary of it United States department of Homeland Security. I want to welcome ms. Nielsen, her family. Id certainly want to call out mrs. Karen kelly. General kellys wife. Shes here also showing her support for the nominee. And i know ms. Nielsen will introduce her family in her Opening Statement. Americas facing enormous challenges. Our National Debt exceeds 20 trillion and theres no serious effort being made by either party to eliminate deficits expected to exceed over 1 trillion. Our enemies are on the rise. The Iranian Nuclear agreement did modify irans behavior for the worst. They remain determined to target with Nuclear Weapons and the threat of islamist terrorism has evolved, metasticized and spread all over the world, if the clnco our homeland. The challenges are equally daunting. We have just experienced unprecedented destruc
This hearing will come to order. Of course you will. Good morning. We are meeting today to consider the nomination of kristen m. Nielsen to be it next secretary of it United States department of Homeland Security. I want to welcome ms. Nielsen, her family. Id certainly want to call out mrs. Karen kelly. General kellys wife. Shes here also showing her support for the nominee. And i know ms. Nielsen will introduce her family in her Opening Statement. Americas facing enormous challenges. Our National Debt exceeds 20 trillion and theres no serious effort being made by either party to eliminate deficits expected to exceed over 1 trillion. Our enemies are on the rise. The Iranian Nuclear agreement did modify irans behavior for the worst. They remain determined to target with Nuclear Weapons and the threat of islamist terrorism has evolved, metasticized and spread all over the world, if the clnco our homeland. The challenges are equally daunting. We have just experienced unprecedented destruc
Good morning. We are here to consider the nomination of kiersten m nelson nielson be the secretary of Homeland Security. We would making introductions later on. Karen kelly, general kellys wife showing support for the nominee. I know this nielsen will introduce miss nielsen will is her family. America is facing enormous challenges. Trillions, over the no party is giving us assurances, and were looking at deficits in the horizon. Our enemies are on the rise, as russia destabilizes neighbors and partners with iran to control the middle east. We did modify korans behavior for the worst. Irans abilityy for the worst. North korea continues to develop nuclear weapons. Challenges that face the next secretary of the department of Homeland Security are equally daunting. We have recently experienced unprecedented destruction caused by hurricanes and wildfires. Fema and other budgets are already stretched in for these disasters. And use of the internet spreads, by socialats posed media acts of te
Good morning, everybody. Normally we dont start until the Ranking Member is here but people have scheduling problems today and i consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you for being here. The topic of todays hearing involves the crisis thats growing and spreading in the communities across the nation. Existence in the 1980s and its made a reputation as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous game and some say that it would be a terrorist organization. They kill high rate and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model. So far this year theyve been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assaults across the country for a washington, d. C. To Houston Texas and a lot of other communities as well. There are many, many more that simply havent been reported. Let me give the Committee Just a few examples of this the brutality and the inhumanity.
Good morning, everybody. Normally we dont start until the Ranking Member is here but people have scheduling problems today and i consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you for being here. The topic of todays hearing involves the crisis thats growing and spreading in the communities across the nation. Existence in the 1980s and its made a reputation as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous game and some say that it would be a terrorist organization. They kill high rate and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model. So far this year theyve been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assaults across the country for a washington, d. C. To Houston Texas and a lot of other communities as well. There are many, many more that simply havent been reported. Let me give the Committee Just a few examples of this the brutality and the inhumanity.