[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, just when we thought things could not get 
any worse at the Department of Homeland Security, today we find out 
that a senior official was arrested for child porn.
  Last night Brian Doyle, the deputy press secretary at DHS, was 
arrested while attempting to seduce a detective posing as a 14-year-old 
girl. He has been charged with 23 counts related to using his computer 
to seduce a minor.
  How did they catch him? He told the agent posing as a girl that he 
worked for the Department of Homeland Security, going so far as to give 
out his office phone number and sending her copies of his ID. He even 
used his office phone for explicit conversations. Not only that, he is 
giving out sensitive information.
  This is not the first time something like this has happened. This 
week Frank Figueroa, another senior Department of Homeland Security 
official, is on trial for exposing himself to a teenage girl at a mall 
in Tampa.
  From the Katrina disaster to now this. It gives a whole new meaning 
to the word ``incompetence.''
  Madam Speaker, for once I am at a loss for words. What is going on at 
Homeland Security? How many things can go wrong and still nobody is 
held accountable?
  The White House is under fire for spying on average Americans but 
maybe they should spend time looking into the backgrounds of people 
they hire in their administration. It is time for new priorities here 
in Washington.

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