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I can't even begin to talk about the cascading impact on costs to this country, but every country is becoming--I mean, every state is becoming a border state.

If my Republican colleagues want to do something about border security, fine, let's do it.

If there is such a positive benefit, then why isn't New York seeing that?

We did the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. One of my proudest things that I personally worked on.

We have tried and we have actually had some successes.

Immigration reform, border security, is the most politically toxic, policy complicated issue I have worked on.

But look, I think we can all agree in this room and outside of this room, there is a crisis at the border.

We are a nation of risk takers, people who are willing to take the risk to come here to provide a better life.

What I would like to submit to my colleagues is that CBO, in order to do their job, to provide the full picture and accurate information for us as lawmakers, to make the decisions and value judgments, is to have the full net cost.

There is nothing more un-American than lawlessness and chaos and the lack of respect for rule of law.

We need legal immigration. Legal immigration is a hallmark of the American experiment, the new blood, hungry for opportunity and freedom and the American dream.

We urge Congress to take this obligation seriously and provide the urban Indian organizations and IHS with all the resources necessary to protect the lives of the entirety of the native population.

I have a hard time with restraining my temper when I hear nonsense like this in the 21st century.

I just want to put this on your radar as an issue if you are not already aware of that.

Deputy Administrator Brown, PHMSA is far behind schedule in completing the idle pipeline rulemaking which, as you know, is required by Congress to be promulgated by the end of December of 2022.

I mean, we had a bipartisan bill that has been sitting on Chuck Schumer's desk for months, and he has done nothing with it.

Despite such action in the House, we have yet to see any movement in the Senate from Leader Schumer and his majority.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today and for sharing their perspectives on pipeline safety reauthorization.