"They're prepared for this, " Keating, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told MSNBC.
He added he plans to have his Homeland Security Committee staff look into the situation.
After he spoke, however, Senate Homeland Security Committee spokeswoman Leslie Phillips said Lieberman had misspoken.
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After he spoke, however, Senate Homeland Security Committee spokeswoman Leslie Phillips said Lieberman had misspoke.
Chertoff appeared yesterday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is also investigating the government's hurricane response.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on violence along the U.S.-Mexican border Wednesday.
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In Washington, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee was briefed Monday on the situation, a congressional source said.
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Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the White House isn't sharing information.
U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said "most likely gun powder" was used in the devices.
Another congressman, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, wrote a letter to ICE Director John Morton demanding accountability.
Susan Collins, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, was quickly briefed by the head of the Transportation Security Administration.
"We really don't know if it's a foreign or domestic threat, " said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Rep. King was introduced on this occasion by his colleague, Rep. Gus Bilirakis , chairman of the Homeland Security Committee's Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other angry Democrats were ready to toss him overboard, taking away his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.
"I don't think it's fair to lay this on President Obama or the Obama administration, " said Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
The TSA's moves toward a risk-based approach to security have the support of Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
King, a Republican who is a former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, called for a "top-to-bottom" review of TSA operations at Newark.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that the FBI wants to talk to two men about the bombings.
In the meantime, he will advocate for the change Wednesday in a meeting with flight attendants and Thursday at a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee.
The Homeland Security Committee hearing will take testimony that makes plain one other frightening reality: Unfortunately, our unrobust electrical infrastructure is also vulnerable to non-EMP disruptions.
Acting FEMA director, David Paulison, made news last month when he appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee and said he was no fan of no-bid government contracts.
Susan Collins, ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney of the House Oversight Committee suggested having more female agents could help avoid such scandals.
On Friday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New York, said he had more questions about the agency's internal review after meeting with Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
"We have stopped many of the terrorist plots and attempts from the past through good intelligence, " Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Friday that information that Tsarnaev had been interviewed by the FBI in the past was disturbing.
One was discovered at a hotel on Boylston Street near the bomb site, and another was found at an undisclosed location, said Keating, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, lamented that critical cybersecurity legislation needed to combat cyber threats will have to wait until the new Congress convenes next year.
Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking minority member on the House Homeland Security Committee, complained in a statement that the White House review doesn't recommend giving the director of FEMA greater access to the president during a disaster.
"I do not endorse actions that move Boston and our nation into a police state mentality, with surveillance cameras attached to every light pole in the city, " Commissioner Edward Davis said in prepared remarks for the House Homeland Security Committee.
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