"The Chinese Communist Party is actively soliciting international partners for a lunar mission, a lunar research station, and has stated its ambition to have astronauts on--human astronauts on the surf..."
"I'm confident that I speak for everyone on this Committee when I say we all support Artemis."
"That conference committee that created Dodd-Frank was the most fascinating process, where the House work product was dropped in the trash can."
"It's pretty shocking on this because when you're the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware that you're actually going to be coming out of pocket."
"I was a member of this committee during the oversight hearings held to examine the extraordinary market movement back in 2010 known as the, 'flash crash,' in which the Dow Jones lost nearly 600 points..."
"These numbers alone speak for themselves that the United States does not have operational control of our border."
"One can only imagine how much fentanyl is making it across our porous border and not being seized."
"impeachment is the only path forward to secure our border and protect our citizens."
"The United States is witnessing an invasion, and, instead of fighting it, Secretary Mayorkas is using any means necessary."
"I was happy to work with the Trump Administration on trying to address this."
"Since President Biden took office and under the watch of Secretary Mayorkas, over 8.2 million illegal immigrants have crossed the Southern Border into the United States."
"By September-October 2022, the city of El Paso, Texas, was spending $250,000-300,000 per day to handle the historic flow of illegal aliens into the city."
"How are you going after fentanyl if you are not going after opioids?"
"In fact, most of us just say just get the heck out of our way, let us live our lives."
"You don't have a task force for it anymore? There is a problem."
"Fentanyl-related deaths in Oklahoma have increased by nearly 500 percent over the past few years."
"Secretary Mayorkas's tenure has been one of willful destruction to the United States, beyond the point of incompetence."
"This is not, guys, for my Democrat colleagues, this isn't about politics to me. I could care less, because this is my back yard."