Neither the free world nor Ukraine can afford further delays.

I thank each of you for your commitment, particularly our police and law enforcement and firefighters who stand up every day.

But migration always has been and will continue to be a benefit to our country.

many of them have voted against border security funding and opposed Federal funds to help communities, like New York, that is receiving migrants.

this subcommittee, under the leadership of Congressman D'Esposito, has been very productive and has had a series of productive hearings.

Respectfully, I would ask as a matter of parliamentary procedure that we refrain from insults to the President of the United States.

I look forward to us agreeing to something today. It would be a first in history.

So a common question that, you know, a conservative Republican like me, we hear back home is: Why we have 9, 10 million illegals coming across the border, and I can't use my digital ID to get on an airplane but these guys get tickets from…

Some Republicans like to grandstand about border security, but the reality is they have voted against border security funding.

Instead, we should be working together to respond to the global migration phenomenon, implement a more orderly and humane process at our border.

I obviously believe in the product, or I wouldn't have written the foreword. So I endorse the work. I think it's important, because this is a very, very important conversation we need to be having right now. I think it really could make…

Many times in the course of my life as a military police officer and civilian police officer, I have had occasion to say: Calm down, son. I have heard your argument. I feel your passion. I understand your position, but you are about to go…

What I ask of my colleagues, again, very respectfully on both sides of the aisle, is to just step back from this moment and reflect upon the sacred right of the American people to determine their representation in our representative…

I thank my colleague for yielding. I support his amendment, and I support the underlying bill. Mr. Chairman, if you look at this piece of legislation, both the bill and the underlying amendment, if you go back to when this $6 billion swap…

It is absolutely critical that the United States Senate move forward to pass this reauthorization.

I think that safety is at risk, I think that American leadership and aviation is at risk.

I was extremely proud to see the Willa Brown Aviation Education Program to support outreach and educational opportunities in underrepresented communities included.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of moving this bill forward, especially where safety is concerned.