I have also advocated for the Coast Guard to do more, to do better represent the country it serves.
It is really encouraging to me, and I can tell the witnesses and the audience that it is not going to be another 20 year...
Given that only 29 percent of 17- to 24-year-olds are eligible to serve in the military without a waiver, it is essentia...
Despite the significant efforts made by the services, there are still areas for improvement.
The strength of our military is our people and the strength of people is our diversity.
I am also very concerned about the planned reduction in military healthcare billets.
I believe the Department may be viewing this as a cost-saving exercise when the actual purpose is to improve efficiency ...
I can tell you that many civilian healthcare networks are oversaturated and will not be able to absorb more patients.
We hold the Military Health System to a higher standard than civilian healthcare, given your important mission.
Today, the committee has the opportunity to hear about Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) needs at land ports of entr...
Establishing secretive courts that DHS uses to process asylum seekers forced to return to Mexico runs contrary to our va...
I would ask for you to deliver a message. Please tell the men and women of CBP and the men and women of ICE that we appr...
The significant gains made on this issue are because of our President and the men and women of CBP and ICE, and not beca...
Today the subcommittee will hear about how the Trump's administration Remain-in-Mexico Policy has distorted our immigrat...
I think we have to be mindful of that.
What Remain-in-Mexico has done is taken a small pebble of law in section 235 and created a wrecking ball with it.
I think our concern, more than anything else, is when you implement a policy that lowers your standard as a country, the...
I believe we are circumventing our international obligations, which are codified in U.S. law.
