How does this make our communities safer?

So, you don't have an answer for how any of this benefits Americans.

I would like to know why you think this benefits Americans?

Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 127.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Wilson for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the AXIS Act. We must take strong steps to investigate if and how the Chinese Government and affiliated entities…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Meuser for yielding, and I thank Representative Connolly, Chairman Meeks, and Ranking Member McCaul for their leadership on this very important issue. I rise in strong support of this bipartisan…

I think you will find a lot of support here in Congress to make sure we are doing everything we can to hold Putin accountable.

In the last year, we have seen crime spikes like we have never seen before, 54 percent increase in shoplifting.

I can't wrap my brain around why you would be pleased with what has gone on in the last call it year to 18 months.

We need to reverse this cultural trend of defunding the police and, instead, defend the police and back our blue.

I just want to touch base. We are having a hard time in L.A. County right now.

We have mistreated law enforcement over the last couple of years and we have disincentivized them to stay on the force.

We are asking for even more money for counterintelligence and cyber defense, but we are worried not only about China, but about Russia, and about its immediate threat to us, and about North Korea, and about Iran.

We need to enable our officers.

He is behaving like the penguin from Gotham City almost in Batman movies. He is almost enabling the bad guys to get away.

I was just hoping that we could continue to work with you, and we have worked with your staff to try and make sure that is possible.

Your Border Patrol's job is to deter and deny people's entrance unless they have a bona fide ability, and you're not doing that.

I am disappointed--and we're going to go over it, at no surprise today--in your current performance.