"We must do better. Our border is not secure and we owe it to the citizens of this nation."
"When we look at the budget that President Biden put forward, it's clear that this Administration is not afraid of calling out a crisis when they believe they see one."
"a clear indication the President is not serious about enforcement."
"We are allowing this crisis to make these cartels rich to the tune of billions of dollars."
"When we talk to the Border Patrol agents and say do you need this and they said, oh, my God, do we need these because they have such a task in front of them."
"I want to reiterate my concern. President Biden said himself that budgets are statements of value."
"Sadly, this Administration's budget proposal doubles down on failed policies that encourage these kinds of tragedies to happen every day."
"the President announced that Title 42 will end on May 11th and the department's own projections, as we've discussed here today, are that encounters will double from today's level to as many as 12,000 ..."
"I have seen little pairs of shoes at the border and know that those children have a story."
"It is without a doubt a crisis and I will say once again that I'm disappointed that I can't hear you say those words as well."
"I value the work that this department can and should and will be doing and I hope that we see that same commitment from the Administration, as well."
"I agree, as well, and when you visit, it becomes very clear."
"It's important for us to have that information so that we can move forward."
"We've lost over 100,000 people to drug overdoses and 70,000 of those... are attributed to fentanyl."
"the candid answer is he cannot."
"Well, let's talk about fentanyl then. When we see how much is coming over the border, I mentioned it and it's already been mentioned here by the Chair, but we've lost over 100,000 people to drug overd..."
"I'm disappointed to not hear you call it a crisis truly because I think that's what we have before us."
"I can tell you that reducing resources for border security is not the way to go."
