We need to work in a bipartisan manner, and ensure that we focus on this particular issue, aviation travel, air travel, and ensure that we are making this experience as safe as possible.

We have a duty to secure our border and the sovereignty of our Nation.

I hope America is watching, because this is exactly the kind of theater that this town has produced.

If this body were to run a $1 billion surplus, it would require 22,000 years of a $1 billion surplus to address a $22 trillion debt.

How do Spirit employees bridge these cultural differences?

Congressman Higgins, I have been in my house since 1968. We have never flooded.

I support very deep consultations with you.

The importance of these waterways to Louisiana and the entire nation cannot be underestimated.

This waiver authority was a deliberate act by Congress to avoid endless years of litigation that would make construction impossible.

There is no American here on either side that wants to interfere with the lives of American citizens.

The passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 authorized the construction of border barriers for the first time in statute.

These safeguards are in place for a reason. They should be observed.

I thank our witnesses who traveled from the border to be here today to provide an on-the-ground perspective.

This waiver authority was a deliberate act by the Congress to avoid endless years of litigation that would make construction impossible.

If this is about children, let us make it about children. Let us not make it some type of political divide instead of a strong policy that takes care of children that are so in need of loving homes.

The enforcement of RFRA has morphed into something far more dangerous, something that threatens the freedom of religion for each and every one of us.

I want to thank Subcommittee Chairman Raskin and the ranking member for convening this extremely important hearing today and for your tireless efforts to expose this administration's dangerous assault on LGBTQ Americans.

Let us be very clear about who has been left in that hateful wake.