Under President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas, every State is a border State.

I think it is safe to say, going back to 2022 spending levels would have a devastating impact on our readiness in that region.

We cannot afford anything short of fully supporting Fallon's training mission.

Our biggest frustration stems from being told by this administration and the media that there is not a crisis at our Southern Border, and the lie that our Southern Border is secure.

While touring the El Paso port of entry, we witnessed a car attempting to smuggle illicit narcotics into the homeland.

The leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45 years old is now fentanyl.

Our colleagues across the aisle must acknowledge the humanitarian tragedy at our borders and the increasing threat that the Mayorkas border crisis places on every Congressional district in this Nation.

Over 100,000 Americans probably per year are dying of fentanyl. Now, can you imagine if a foreign adversary came across the border every single day, killed 200 Americans, and then scurried back, you know, across the border, how we would…

We should be doing a heck of a lot more. We should be making them pay for what they are doing to us.

Secretary Mayorkas asserts that he has maintained operational control of the border.

Absolutely. Yeah, we just designated some significant Tribal land in my district, Avi Kwa Ame, as a national monument.

Our Federal Government must put forward a real and honest effort into curbing these epidemics, before more innocent American lives are lost.

We also have a real and pressing crisis with the opioid epidemic and particularly fentanyl that is ravaging our country.

Honestly, we could just use more funding for resources, getting our guys out on the streets.

Make no mistake: this crisis is a direct result of Secretary Mayorkas' Open Borders policies.

Make no mistake, this crisis is a direct result of Secretary Mayorkas' open borders policies, policies he began implementing on Day 1.

The passage of bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act with the largest investment in American industrial policy in the past 50 years...

Given the reality of what these wait times are now, how would you expect the proposed funding cuts to impact mental health services for veterans?