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It is critical that this committee actually stays focused on what the uses are for the DPA, and that the DPA is not used for political controversy or to compete against allies and our friends.

It is important to recognize the increase in the number of contractors leads to more reliable supply chains, scaled efficiency, less backlogs, and this increases competition.

Since the 1990s, the defense industry has seen a 90-percent decrease in the prime contracting space, from 51 contractors to 5 contractors.

Current conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have decreased our domestic defense industrial stockpiles, and with the strongest military in the world, it is imperative that we prioritize rebuilding our defense industry and stockpiles to…

Their answers are always astonishing to me; anywhere between 65 and 90 percent of their time is spent checking boxes.

In Texas' 24th District, I have hosted a number of roundtables with doctors.

I understand these challenges firsthand, after my family searched for the best treatment options for my wife, Patty, after she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in December of 2022.

Healthcare is something that is extremely personal to every American. We need to make sure that patients can get the care they need by the providers they want at a price they can afford.

When people tell you who they are, believe them, and I believe they are, for whatever reason and rationale, for an open border.

This is a national emergency. This is something we have got to address and save Americans, 200 every day.

I led a letter to the FDA asking them to reclassify naloxone to where you could get it without a prescription.

Parole has become a shadow immigration system. It is essentially supplanting the family and employment-based systems.

Is that not, in fact, a backdoor way to dump more people into the United States rather than having them visibly come across the border?

And right now, under our current system, are the laws being ignored by the current administration?

Do we not, in fact--have we not allowed almost 20-something, 25 million people legally to come into the United States over the last two and a half decades?

Is that the highest percentage that we have ever had as a percentage of our population since we have been counting it going back well into the, you know, early part of the 19th century?

Do you believe that under our current law in the United States Supreme Court, under Plyler v. Doe, that the people of Texas have to pay through their taxes to fund people getting an education whether they are here illegally or not?

It is an epidemic, and until we get a handle on it, these crises are going to continue.