Sheila Jackson Lee: Republicans Are Preventing Jeh Johnson from Fighting Terrorism

would eliminate the executive ░░░░░░░░ take any number of ░░░░░░░░ Just last week the ░░░░░░░░ director said he has ░░░░░░░░ homeland terrorism investigation going ░░░░░░░░ in every single state ░░░░░░░░ means all 50 states ░░░░░░░░ is happening now is ░░░░░░░░ the Republicans the Republicans ░░░░░░░░ me be very clear ░░░░░░░░ the house are forbidding ░░░░░░░░ security secretary Johnson from ░░░░░░░░ approach of fighting terrorism ░░░░░░░░ soft touch which we ░░░░░░░░ of at at counterterrorism ░░░░░░░░ I attended at the ░░░░░░░░ House a few weeks ░░░░░░░░ but also ensuring that ░░░░░░░░ border patrol agents customs ░░░░░░░░ border protection the FAA ░░░░░░░░ has we have oversight ░░░░░░░░ the I C E ░░░░░░░░ the FBI in terms ░░░░░░░░ its coordination with the ░░░░░░░░ of Homeland Security all ░░░░░░░░ our cyber security review ░░░░░░░░ secretary of cyber security ░░░░░░░░ me said in a ░░░░░░░░ last week before the ░░░░░░░░ security she is devastated ░░░░░░░░ will be devastated in ░░░░░░░░ very crucial work if ░░░░░░░░ don t have this ░░░░░░░░ long range funding so ░░░░░░░░ can do their planning ░░░░░░░░ more do our Republican ░░░░░░░░ not understand And that ░░░░░░░░ the question Let me ░░░░░░░░ say that there are ░░░░░░░░ who are ready to ░░░░░░░░ for a clean funding ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Homeland ░░░░░░░░ That s important to ░░░░░░░░ because I have worked ░░░░░░░░ Republicans on homeland security ░░░░░░░░ closely and they are ░░░░░░░░ many of them wanting ░░░░░░░░ move forward Why doesn ░░░░░░░░ Speaker Boehner and the ░░░░░░░░ leader put a clean ░░░░░░░░ funding on the floor ░░░░░░░░ the house and Jose ░░░░░░░░ can almost assure you ░░░░░░░░ would pass because people ░░░░░░░░ members know that despite ░░░░░░░░ conflicts in their district ░░░░░░░░ people having different opinions ░░░░░░░░ they have the right ░░░░░░░░ they know that the ░░░░░░░░ responsibility the top responsibility ░░░░░░░░ securing this nation And ░░░░░░░░ s talk a little ░░░░░░░░ that congresswoman because the ░░░░░░░░ is as you said ░░░░░░░░ this hearing you attended ░░░░░░░░ last week there are ░░░░░░░░ real threats terrorist threats ░░░░░░░░ Americans and even right ░░░░░░░░ in the homeland How ░░░░░░░░ are you about that ░░░░░░░░ in our futcher Future ░░░░░░░░ I have I call ░░░░░░░░ a privilege It certainly ░░░░░░░░ a tragic privilege of ░░░░░░░░ on the homeland security ░░░░░░░░ since the heinous acts ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 Many of ░░░░░░░░ were there on the ░░░░░░░░ opening day gavel of ░░░░░░░░ committee I had the ░░░░░░░░ responsibility of visiting ground ░░░░░░░░ in those early early ░░░░░░░░ I would say to ░░░░░░░░ that we are now ░░░░░░░░ a stark moment in ░░░░░░░░ the convergence of the ░░░░░░░░ the ISIL approach to ░░░░░░░░ a state its commitment ░░░░░░░░ franchise terrorism its direction ░░░░░░░░ says if you cannot ░░░░░░░░ to be a foreign ░░░░░░░░ then stay at home ░░░░░░░░ create havoc That means ░░░░░░░░ all of the world ░░░░░░░░ facing a new phenomena ░░░░░░░░ terrorism the United States ░░░░░░░░ been very fortunate But ░░░░░░░░ homeland security department I ░░░░░░░░ say in the new ░░░░░░░░ initiatives and pressures to ░░░░░░░░ there is communication on ░░░░░░░░ which did not occur ░░░░░░░░ the way it should ░░░░░░░░ pre 9 11 that ░░░░░░░░ s is communication now ░░░░░░░░ all of the agencies ░░░░░░░░ talking I can tell ░░░░░░░░ that there is enough ░░░░░░░░ to suggest that we ░░░░░░░░ to be careful We ░░░░░░░░ to be diligent and ░░░░░░░░ need our agencies funded ░░░░░░░░ fusion centers We listen ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement who say ░░░░░░░░ s one of the ░░░░░░░░ assets We had a ░░░░░░░░ in judiciary in the ░░░░░░░░ I m a ranking ░░░░░░░░ crime terrorism and the ░░░░░░░░ specifically said that there ░░░░░░░░ challenges we are facing ░░░░░░░░ they are monitoring every ░░░░░░░░ day So to answer ░░░░░░░░ question we re living ░░░░░░░░ a new era We ░░░░░░░░ living in an era ░░░░░░░░ we