House Republicans have been AWOL. Because of their failure to elect a Speaker for the last 22 days.

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, a Representative in Congress From the State of Mississippi, and Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Security:

To each of our witnesses, I want to thank you for referencing the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, a terrorist organization funded by Iran.

The House has been AWOL.

Our Nation's adversaries continue to find new ways to undermine our national security.

I still believe in America. I don't see us becoming a bully.

I join with my overwhelming bipartisan majority of Senators and House colleagues in delivering a message of unwavering support for our friends in Israel. And I want to congratulate my friend, the senior Senator from Oklahoma, for his very…

I want Mississippians to be confident these solar panels are not enriching the CCP and contributing to this terrible slave labor genocide.

UFLPA was necessary to combat the horrific genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the People's Republic of China against the Uyghur population.

The exploitation of Uyghur forced labor enriches Chinese industry at the expense of American manufacturers and workers.

It is critical that we help ensure that American companies that do not engage in human rights violations can fairly compete in the global marketplace and are not unduly disadvantaged.

427 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the on-going genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs.

To build on this progress, we must provide additional funding to not only preserve those pay raises for this fiscal year, but to empower TSA workers with next-generation technologies that will maximize TSA's detection capabilities.

Ensuring that U.S. consumers are not unwittingly supporting human rights violations by purchasing goods made wholly or in part using forced labor from the Xinjiang region of China is truly an issue of bipartisan importance.

We meet today under a cloud of chaos and dysfunction, as the Republican Majority has failed to elect a Speaker for more than 2 weeks and counting.

Since the beginning of 2022, the Department has created and implemented a strategy which establishes that ending forced labor is a moral, economic, and national security priority for DHS.

I am honored to pay tribute to the memory of a true American hero, Jacklyn ``Jack'' Harrell Lucas. Jack, a long-time resident of Mississippi, and the youngest marine to ever receive the Medal of Honor, left an indelible mark on American…

I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for yielding. I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 5525, a bill more designed to appease the extreme MAGA wing of the Republican Party than to stave off a government shutdown. With just hours…