I am hopeful that we can get on the same page about this.

It's important for us to have that information so that we can move forward.

We must do better. Our border is not secure and we owe it to the citizens of this nation.

We've lost over 100,000 people to drug overdoses and 70,000 of those... are attributed to fentanyl.

I value the work that this department can and should and will be doing and I hope that we see that same commitment from the Administration, as well.

The department has failed to provide responses to a number of requests from this committee.

The cartels control an awful lot of the southern border south of the United States.

Why did the department not request appropriate funds to provide CBP with modern, safer technology and advanced helicopters that they tell us they need at the rate of the fiscal year 2024 request?

I have seen little pairs of shoes at the border and know that those children have a story.

Respectfully, Mr. Secretary, it's not enough. We have a humanitarian crisis and national security crisis, the face of which becomes very real.

the President announced that Title 42 will end on May 11th and the department's own projections, as we've discussed here today, are that encounters will double from today's level to as many as 12,000 encounters daily.

Despite the legal requirement to detain migrants facing removal, yet again President Biden's budget requests fewer resources for detention beds.

It is without a doubt a crisis and I will say once again that I'm disappointed that I can't hear you say those words as well.

a clear indication the President is not serious about enforcement.

Will you commit to having the department provide these reports on time as required by law?

When we look at the budget that President Biden put forward, it's clear that this Administration is not afraid of calling out a crisis when they believe they see one.

I'm disappointed to not hear you call it a crisis truly because I think that's what we have before us.

I think that anytime a voter, a legitimate voter finds it harder, more difficult to vote, is not given access to vote, it is a bad thing.