From being able to discuss things with the professionals that are knowledgeable on the subject matter, we learn things every day to help us make decisions.

That is one place we can find bipartisan support is Buy American Hire American.

there is a tremendous amount of downstream costs to America, to states, cities, municipalities, based on just the sheer volumes of illegal immigrants that are also currently in our country and that are making their way to our country.

originally we had $5.7 billion in the President's budget and you asked for 75 additional judges, but it was reduced--for the wall, it was reduced to $1.3 billion.

We have no evidence that there is anything nefarious.

I believe these judges are doing the best they can with the little they have under immense pressure and what I would refer to as a crisis and an emergency on the border.

a combination of a defensive barrier, boots on the ground, and technology, would well-serve and protect an American and American citizens.

Thank you very much, Chairman Correa; Ranking Member Lesko, on your maiden voyage as Ranking Member, welcome.

I just think is political nonsense.

Of course, several reasons, probably because we have a large, 2,000-mile contiguous border with Mexico and that border is not secure.

I would also like to express my sympathies to Ranking Member Katko on the loss of his father.

Election security is a National security issue that must transcend party politics, because it requires a unified effort to protect America's elections.

And so, we currently have, for lack of a better term, a dictator who is refusing humanitarian aid and a country of great crisis.

That is why I am very disappointed that election security, an issue where we had an opportunity to work together to move bipartisan legislation, has gotten caught up in this partisan political power grab.

Today I would just like to give thanks to be able to be here at this State of the Union to hear about what our wonderful Nation is doing. It is such an honor to be here, and to have the opportunity to be present during one of these State…

Texas is trying to act like Mississippi in voter suppression and other things.

My personal testimony is a long time ago, Bennie Thompson ran for office, and the only reason he was able to win was because of the Voting Rights Act protections.

the voter ID law is a purge, because what we're doing is we're--we're doing--essentially doing away with voter registration and changing it to driver's licenses or Texas IDs.