The Biden administration has allowed the crisis at the border to persist. As we have shown today, every State is a border State.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to submit statements from the First Focus campaign for children, Human Rights First, and Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights.

The bill we passed helps to do that.

However, the evidence does not support the Republican theory that immigrants are responsible for trafficking fentanyl into the United States.

The United States of America has a responsibility to keep our promise to those like Mr. Safi, who bravely helped American soldiers in their time of need, and help him in his time of need as he seeks asylum in the United States.

This should not be politicized. It's not about race. Fentanyl doesn't care about race.

Congressional Democrats understand the complex reasons that immigrants seek to come to the United States and are prepared to work with Republicans to create a plan that both ensures the security of our borders and expands legal pathways…

During a briefing with reporters, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said it was 'unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by non-citizens encountered in between the ports of entry who are making…

We know that last year, 13,000 pounds, 13,000 pounds of fentanyl was seized in 2023.

Now, if we had Chinese troops lining up along our Southern Border with weapons aimed at our people, with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our cities, you damn well know you would do something about it.

In 2021, there were 299 fentanyl overdose deaths in my State of Oklahoma.

Turning our backs on asylees would be turning our backs on who we are as a country.

Unfortunately, I am concerned that this hearing won't help us move toward a solution for better border management, but rather may be used by some as a platform for divisive rhetoric and anti-immigrant fearmongering.

I believe more can be done to help stabilize that, both at home and across the globe if we were to unleash domestic energy production, including oil and gas, here in this country

we can only do this with energy policies that allow Americans to flourish, that we can produce and not be paralyzed by policies and the agendas that harm that

we can only do this with energy policies that allow Americans to flourish, that we can produce and not be paralyzed by policies and the agendas that harm that

we witnessed the dangers firsthand when the Biden Administration enabled Russian energy initiatives before Putin's invasion

we witnessed the dangers firsthand when the Biden Administration enabled Russian energy initiatives before Putin's invasion