Congress has delegated this responsibility to the Executive branch of government, I think in part, knowing politics like I do, because they did not want to face the minutia of burden that comes down on that.

But, you know, come on, 8 years? Eight years. And we are not talking about small, unimportant things.

You have enough staffing, you have enough funding, you get along with OMB. Well, and again, I don't--I am not even sure I can ask you this question, because you haven't been there long enough.

It feels like nobody cares.

The thing I am most interested in is what has happened to the regulations that we mandated and we set deadlines for that are now--some of them--many years past that deadline.

I actually like PHMSA. I like, when you do stuff, you seem to do it pretty well.

If your bosses told you to do something and you didn't do it for 8 years, how long do you think you would be employed?

I am a little bit more than frustrated, to be honest with you. I am kind of angry.

The fact is there are felony cases that are not being heard right now by our Federal judges because those cases are being pushed down the docket so we can hear these misdemeanor cases instead.

This is the way we show humanity to those who are fleeing persecution and violence, and it is abhorrent.

This policy is now forcing Federal judges to prioritize and divert finite resources and time to misdemeanor first-time border crossing cases.

The gentleman from Idaho makes a compelling case for a new Federal judgeship. I commend him for that argument.

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Mr. Speaker, I missed votes due to an extraordinary circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on rollcall No. 277 and ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 278. ____________________