a clear indication the President is not serious about enforcement.
Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45.
It's important for us to have that information so that we can move forward.
the candid answer is he cannot.
The department has failed to provide responses to a number of requests from this committee.
Sadly, this Administration's budget proposal doubles down on failed policies that encourage these kinds of tragedies to happen every day.
I agree, as well, and when you visit, it becomes very clear.
I have seen little pairs of shoes at the border and know that those children have a story.
I can tell you that reducing resources for border security is not the way to go.
I'm disappointed to not hear you call it a crisis truly because I think that's what we have before us.
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 ...
I want to reiterate my concern. President Biden said himself that budgets are statements of value.
Respectfully, Mr. Secretary, it's not enough. We have a humanitarian crisis and national security crisis, the face of which becomes very rea...
We've lost over 100,000 people to drug overdoses and 70,000 of those... are attributed to fentanyl.
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.
Why did the department not request appropriate funds to provide CBP with modern, safer technology and advanced helicopters that they tell us...
We owe it to the citizens of this nation. We owe it to the people who are being trafficked by these drug cartels to take back control.
When we look at what drug cartels are doing not only south of our border but here in our country, we are allowing this crisis to make these ...
