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I thank the gentlewoman from California for giving me the time. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1. Last Congress, House Democrats sought to address Russia's meddling in the Presidential election. Unfortunately, the…
Clearly, oversight of the Trump administration's border policy is long overdue.
Unfortunately, not one of my Democratic colleagues voted for that.
I think the more that we squeeze the southern border to secure it, to protect Americans, we may be seeing some increased activity on our seas and in our maritime domains.
I know the shutdown was tough on them and their families, and hopefully moving forward legislatively we can find a way that that doesn't happen again.
By any metric, the spate of mass shootings in the last many years has killed more Americans than ISIS or any other group.
I think before there is any meddling with the Jones Act, people should really step back and have an informed conversation about all the puts and takes and the impacts to national security.
Mississippi is grateful for the financial assistance post-Katrina recovery to the tune of over 3-point something billion dollars.
No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing policy to separate families at the border.
Thank you for keeping those deadly drugs out of our communities and out of our states.
Do you also believe that we are facing a drug trafficking crisis on our Southwest Border?
Some Members of Congress have advocated abolishing ICE, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which is an agency that is under your control.
Without a physical barrier, it would be all but impossible for us to secure our border.
Do you believe we are also facing a human trafficking crisis on our Southwest Border?
Do you believe that we are currently seeing an immigration crisis on our Southwest Border?
We cannot take operational control of the border without it.
Let me be clear--I am prepared to use the tools at the committee's disposal to obtain the information if the Secretary fails to comply.