I want to thank the witnesses, again, for appearing before us today.

I think most of us believe that, you know, there is a role for people who are being persecuted.

Unfortunately, it's actually worse than that, because the fact is the bad claims take away from the good claims.

It took courage to mobilize the National Guard without manufacturing a humanitarian crisis, like the previous administration.

For far too long, Mexico has been derelict in its duty. For far too long, Mexico has been content to let these caravans pass on through and become our problem. Not anymore.

Unfortunately, more than 12 years later, airports like OIA have yet to be reimbursed.

Admiral, is TSA on track to meet the deadline? Will subsequent budget requests reprioritize those reimbursements?

I want to thank you for TSA's rapid response to the Orlando International Airport's request for additional resources and personnel.

There are issues with what taxpayers have to shoulder when we do not have a secure border.

I think your testimony was you think it has helped mitigate the problem, not exacerbate it.

We have got to get a handle on this. And I am all for treatment, I am all for, you know, fighting it on the demand side, but you have got to fight it on the supply side as well.

I have been monitoring this hearing from another E&C hearing, and I am heartened by the discussion and the commitment, particularly relating to Medicaid and Medicare, and how we have to strengthen and modernize Medicaid to tackle all these…

I think the prescription stuff, you know, obviously has been an issue, still is. But the prescriptions are going down now, and yet this stuff out there is just absolutely killer.

Today, Kim Jong-un is not his father and I think that is the most important thing that we have to understand.

And then is Longworth or Rayburn next?

Rayburn is rated 'poor.' Longworth is rated 'fair.' Presumably we would have to start on Rayburn first because it is deteriorating faster.

Because, when we went through finishing the CVC, there were insane cost overruns, and it took so much longer than was projected because we are dealing with older buildings.

So is it prohibited or is it by choice?