We have a history of being a bipartisan committee that work on solutions.

I think that your agency is not enforcing the law, Mr. Mayorkas, and I think that you can do a better job.

You and I pledge that going forward, we will make every effort to get back to the civility that this committee has been known for ever since we have been in existence.

I want to ask, I think it is Ambassador Sales. Ambassador Sales, I will come to you within my time to ask what are good next steps or a reflection of what we should do?

I would venture to say on the record that this debt ceiling debate and debacle is more having to do with the dollar than anything else.

the president of Afghan did not show himself well in that moment.

I am a defender and not an offender. I am not an aggressor, I am a defender.

the inherited chaotic withdrawal that was a result of Trump's Taliban deal.

President Trump continued to express frustration with the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.

It is good to see that the Biden administration not only talks the talk on equity and disaster response, but is also walking the walk when it matters most.

I applaud you for your budget request asking for additional agents.

Chief Ortiz in March testified... that five of the nine sectors along the southwest border, in his opinion, were not secure.

I think the agents that work along the southwest border are underpaid.

I want to thank Secretary Mayorkas for his responsiveness to Congress, not just today, but since taking the job over 2 years ago.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those who were killed or injured in those tragic attacks and their families.

So, when title 42 goes down, we will immediately start doing enhanced expedited removal across the southwest border, but it is going to take some time for that consequence to take effect in my opinion.

The President's fiscal year 2024 budget requests $103.2 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to carry out its mission of safeguarding the homeland.

the United States was not able to remain indefinitely.