• Testimony of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton before the House Committee on the Judiciary in a hearing entitled: “The Release of Criminal Detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Policy or Politics?”

“Over the past four years, ICE has transformed the immigration enforcement system, smartly focusing resources on the apprehension, detention, and removal of individuals who fall within our highest enforcement priorities, namely national security and public safety threats.”

• Testimony of DHS Management Directorate Chief Information Officer Richard Spires before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency in a hearing entitled “DHS Information Technology: How Effectively Has DHS Harnessed IT to Secure Our Borders and Uphold Immigration Laws?”

“At DHS, we are working hard to mature our ability to deliver such capabilities, through improving the skills of our staff to manage programs, through effective oversight of those programs, and through harnessing of best practices in how we run those programs. We continue to drive this maturation through harnessing good work and talent across DHS, and its components, increasing our ability to support the homeland security enterprise.”

• Testimony of DHS Management Directorate Under Secretary Rafael Borras before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in a hearing entitled “DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs’ Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions”

“The department has made significant strides to integrate management, improve efficiency, and reduce risk. I firmly believe we are making, and will continue to make, significant progress in these areas.”

• Testimony of Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness Timothy Manning before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications in a hearing entitled “Homeland Security Grants: Measuring Our Investments”

“FEMA’s preparedness grant programs have contributed significantly to the overall security and preparedness of the nation. By providing funds, encouraging state and local collaboration, and encouraging planning, these programs have enhanced the security and preparedness of states, territories, tribal nations, regions, cities, borders, ports and transit systems. As a nation, we are more secure and better prepared to prevent, protect, and mitigate the impact of all threats than we have been at any time in our history. We plan better, we train better, we work together better, and we respond and recover better. And with each passing year, our planning, preparations, and capabilities continue to mature.”

• Testimony of Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in a hearing entitled “Hurricane Sandy: Getting the Recovery Right and the Value of Mitigation”

“FEMA will continue to work closely with the whole community, including our state, local, and tribal government partners, Secretary Donovan, HUD [Department of Housing and Urban Development] and other federal partners as long-term recovery efforts move forward. FEMA recognizes that we must look to state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders, as well as the whole community, to ensure the agency is able to help locally-driven efforts to rebuild impacted communities better and stronger than they were before Hurricane Sandy made landfall.”

• Testimony of National Protection and Programs Directorate Under Secretary Rand Beers before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security Oversight in a hearing entitled “Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure”

“Protecting critical infrastructure—both physical and cyber—is a shared responsibility. Just as we all enjoy and rely on the benefits of critical infrastructure, we all must play a role in keeping it strong, secure, and resilient. NPPD is leveraging the full breadth and scope of expertise in the directorate and all of our industry and government stakeholders to collaborate on the protection, resiliency, and risk identification and evaluation of physical and cyber infrastructure.”

• Testimony of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher, Office of Field Operations Assistant Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, and the Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition Assistant Commissioner Mark Borkowski before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security in a hearing entitled “Measuring the Outcomes to Understand the State of Border Security”

“Over the past four years, this administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort to secure our border and transform our nation's immigration enforcement systems into one that focuses on public safety, national security, and on the integrity of the immigration system. DHS has deployed historic levels of personnel, technology and infrastructure to the Southwest border to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, cash, and weapons and to expedite legal trade and travel through trusted traveler and trader initiatives.”