These aren't just sanctions on Cubans, they are sanctions on Americans.

I get a kick out of listening to the gentleman from New York who doesn't know a darn thing about the border crisis and gets to stand up and say: Oh, by golly, 90 percent of the fentanyl they are catching right there is in the port of…

Despite their unwillingness to generally speak to the telework policies of the Biden administration, I must say I am not surprised.

Well, so the question is really then are you content with approximately 5 million more people illegally entering the country over the next 12 months or are you going to try to do something about it? Because 302,000 plus at least--they…

You are being asked to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security today with no policy changes even. That is what you are being asked. But more than that, you are being asked to continue all the other programs, the crazy subsidies for…

The breaking news is this: That park area has now been-- today, Governor Abbott of Texas, because he feels so overrun, has declared a state of emergency, and that property has been taken over by the State of Texas. They will arrest anybody…

I will tell you this: There may be three people over here I can name. I won't name them to protect them because they always talk like they are going to help us out, but they don't ever help us out. I love them to death, but they never…

Can I interject something? We have been talking about Eagle Pass, and I have a bit of breaking news for you. Those who were with me, we actually drove through the golf course to get to a couple of our points.

The gentleman is correct. The reason is because they want to facilitate you getting through faster and we want to distribute you throughout the country, at least this administration does. You register with the CBP One app. Well, they are…

The record number for apprehensions was 302,000 plus-- 302,000 people. That would have put it clearly within the top 20 largest cities in this country, when you think about that.

Right. Right. I will tell you why in a second. That night it was cold, really cold, unseasonably cold in south Texas. It was raining cats and dogs. We are in the van, and they are taking us down there. I have been down there many times. We…

No. Let's pick up with Mayor Adams of New York. Here is a guy who presides over a sanctuary city--that is awesome, that is awesome--but he doesn't want to experience what is a daily occurrence along the border, for those who live in a…

Yes, I will speak to that for just a second. A couple weeks ago now, I took a group of people to Lukeville, Arizona. Now, Lukeville is an incredibly remote port of entry, 35 people or so live by there. You come through Ajo, if you are…

Because they can't get there. You know what? My colleagues on the Democrat side, they will tell you that there is no problem down on the border because they really don't think there is. I think this is an existential crisis.

If you want to come into the country illegally, they want to slow--they want to get some of you to come into the port of entry, so they have created an app. You preregister as an illegal alien say: I am going to be coming, and I want to be…

And study after study has confirmed the point that you are making, that there is a cumulative impact on public health, that there is a cumulative impact in the long run, and that industry and regulators bear a tremendous responsibility for…

I am a believer in all-of-the-above energy. I believe it.

On behalf of Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), its more than 350 member organizations and more than 500,000 individual members, thank you for the opportunity to testify during the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Hearing.