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.

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 just wanted to say thank you today for your continued partnership because just a couple of weeks ago, FEMA announced an additional $15 million to Linn County for derecho response.

I certainly appreciate that. And, I know we want to make sure we are targeting to communities that maybe have been overlooked in the past.

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

I particularly support the work that HSI does, Homeland Security Investigations to crack down on child exploitation, human trafficking.

We absolutely need to enforce the consequences and our laws.

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.

I would ask that you please follow up with us on those specific numbers because when I am seeing a 68 percent decrease that is alarming

I appreciate that, and I completely understand what you are saying about making sure that we are-- we are trying to make sure that fraud is not rampant.

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.

But the point being that once Title 42 goes away, we are going to have an increased number of these people coming across and instead of detaining them, with those extra beds that you have, you are cutting that and then going to be…

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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.

Well, I certainly appreciate that. And I see my time has expired. So, Madam Chair, I yield back.

I would say that's a number 1 priority. Why are they taking so long?

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.

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