You have only requested 45 more ICE officers.

You have only requested 45 more ICE officers.

I think we just need use the words, 'it is true, it is an emergency.'

You do know walls work. You do know they are part of the solution.

I offer an amendment to H.R. 4820, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill. My amendment is simple. It expresses Congress' support for public housing authorities to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 84, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)(reduced by $1,000,000)''. The…

But for whatever reason, you feel like the American people are beneath that, and I think that it is incredibly frustrating.

You have only requested 45 more ICE officers, and the truth is...

I think we just need use the words, 'it is true, it is an emergency.'

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

The Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, spends as much as $50 million a year to employ nearly 200 armed agents at an average cost of $216,000 per year, per agent. The American people would likely be disturbed to hear that. According…

I am stunned to hear the response to this coming from the side that supports defunding the police. What we want to do is have proper law enforcement enforcing our laws and not weaponizing the entire Federal bureaucracy against the citizens…

Reserving the right to object, first of all, I would like to correct something my colleague just said. Not one time in my life have I ever said anything about anybody in our military was a desk jockey. I don't know where he got that from…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

It would; it would be a good starting point. We can sit down and work this out, but we can't do it without negotiations. That is what I was saying earlier. There have been zero negotiations. There has been no give. It has all been…

Reserving the right to object, I want to start by thanking my colleagues for their service in the Armed Forces in the greatest country ever. There is no institution in this world I honor more than the U.S. military. I am thankful to every…

Senator, that was the type of negotiation I have been looking for, for the last 9 months. Nobody--zero--has come to me with any alternatives to bypass to get this done.

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Alaska.