Is this what CBP is telling you they need to be able to secure the border and provide that operational security?
We have to control this mass flow of illicit drugs through our systems, and I think some of it is on increasing penalties for traffickers in...
I think it would certainly help if we didn't have defund-the-police rhetoric around the country as well, because law enforcement is struggli...
the American people understand that border security is national security, and this is a failure.
It is zero. It is zero, Mr. Secretary.
When the Chief of the Border Patrol is telling us that the border is not secure and that men and women at the border feel disrespected by th...
I think one of the biggest concerns is a clear lack of communication between CBP and ICE.
I guess my biggest question is, when you look at 19,000 staff Border Patrol agents, which is what we have right now, funded for 19,800, 800 ...
I think Iowans and Americans deserve accountability here for their tax dollars and for their numbers.
I see it as a lack of meaningful work to address the retention challenges.
So when you are coming to us and saying you need more Border Patrol agents, the policies of this administration have truly affected retentio...
I am very concerned when you say you are addressing the cartels in unprecedented ways.
I think that when you look at that added stress and anxiety-inducing situation, I think that there may be room for improvement there.
I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.
If you do not let the Mexican Government know right now that you are going to institute that, you are going to continue these conversations ...
When you were in Iowa, you heard about how concerned Iowa farmers are about Mexico's ban on biotech corn.
This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the ch...
