You bring specific industry, small business owners in and actually sit around the table with them?

The cost for Sanford, a much smaller city, to provide food and housing assistance to recently arrived asylum seekers is more than three times as much as the city spends for residents needing assistance.

That means that there were nearly twice as many encounters at the Southwest border as there are people in the entire State of Maine.

Immigrants who have come to our country legally have contributed greatly to the fabric of our economy and our communities.

The supplemental request includes funding to help strengthen enforcement, but it does not appear to include any policy reforms.

effective border security requires a smarter, more comprehensive approach, including state-of-the-art border surveillance technology.

An out-of-control border poses a real threat to our homeland and our people.

I look forward to discussing with both Secretaries what is required to provide effective border security to stem the flood of illegal migrants and fentanyl into the United States.

What we heard was that 90 percent of fentanyl is seized at ports of entry. What that does not tell you is how much fentanyl is coming in through drones that the cartels use.

I was disappointed to see that the budget suggested returning the program to FY2023 levels.

I was disappointed to see that the budget suggested returning the program to FY2023 levels.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 128 Offered by Mr. Schweikert The Acting CHAIR. It is…

As far as I can tell, this is just another attack on environmental justice. The Council on Environmental Quality is coordinating the development of an ocean justice strategy that will propose equitable and just practices to advance safety…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 127 Offered by Mr. Roy The Acting CHAIR. It is now in…

Once again, I am kind of caught in this challenge of not understanding exactly what it is that my colleagues don't like about the term ``environmental justice,'' or in this case, ``ocean justice.'' It seems like ``justice'' is a word that…

My colleague on the other side of the aisle said no one ever calls his office and talks about environmental justice. I understand. There are all kinds of words we use in Congress that people rarely talk to us about. They don't talk to us…

We are only 14 days away from a government shutdown, and instead of focusing on keeping the government open, we are working on a bill that is going nowhere. The draconian cuts that are proposed in this bill violate the agreement reached by…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maine has 3 minutes remaining.