I find it a little disingenuous because you're claiming this while the budget is actually requesting a cut to the agency's enforcement operations.

I think that is the biggest concern is, you know, kind of a double standard here when Iowans and Americans are having to go through the process of getting a real ID in the next year.

I think we have a shared priority in making sure the agents, the CBP, have the tools that they need to do their job effectively, and keep our borders safe.

But if Title 42 becomes permanent, which would be Congress's job, and which we have a bill ready to do on the floor, and we are calling for...

I want to make sure we are being efficient, as efficient as possible.

I have heard from agents who rely on those. And I would just ask you to continue to look to those as a great investment in technology to help our agents at our southern border.

I mean, anywhere from between 7 and 18,000 a day is what we are planning on, right?

We absolutely need to enforce the consequences and our laws.

We know that investment in disaster mitigation brings stronger terms on investment. Right? A dollar spent can really return on that investment saving both taxpayer dollars and lives.

I appreciate your continued focus on this important issue for both impacted Maine producers, and those across the country.

This is nuts. This is just crazy what is going on here with the workforce.

I just don't understand why it can't pass this body.

We are sort of nickleing-and-dime it, we are putting a Band-Aid on it.

I think that is an outdated threshold. It has been in place almost 100 years.

Work with my office on the National Heritage Maritime Program to ensure that ships like the USS The Sullivans get the necessary restorations that they need.

Ensuring that HUD is supporting our rural communities is a top priority for me.

These rising costs, I do believe, are the result of Democrats overspending in Congress.

There are clearly a lot of impressive happenings at the DOT--innovations, as we have heard already today, to help with global competitiveness, investment in rural development.