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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Homeland Security Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) to compel the Department of Homeland Security to develop a strategy for gaining operational control of our borders in two years. H.R.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA), released the following statement on the Department of Justice refusing to answer questions about whether it advised the Army in the Fort Hood case:

Chairman McCaul: Our homeland security hinges on how well we can control who and what comes into this country. A porous border is a conduit for not only drug smugglers and human traffickers, but is also a vulnerability that terrorists can exploit.

At a hearing today examining the Boston Marathon Bombings, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Massachusetts DHS Undersecretary Kurt Schwartz and former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman examined the lack of information sharing about Tamerlan Tsarnaev between federal, state and local authorities prior to the April 15 terrorist attack:

"Texas has maintained unemployment rates consistently below the national average, and one of the most dynamic high tech sectors in the nation continues to thrive. By contrast, when the President visited Applied Materials he brought his agenda which has only served to stifle growth, slow economic recovery and create an heir of uncertainty for companies attempting to expand.

Chairman McCaul: The attacks in Boston shook this nation, and brought back memories of that day in September, 2001, that changed our lives forever. I am confident that we will emerge from this tragedy stronger than ever before.