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

Our readiness, I think we can all agree, in the Pacific is a top concern for everyone.

It is disappointing to me that already I hear not all and not most, but a few Members using their time to take shots at the other side.

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

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

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…

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

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

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

It can take up to 2 months just to post an opening from the time that an employee leaves and then another 6 to 9 months to onboard.

Thank you, Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz.

I think it would cut my military budget by approximately half, my military construction, which would impact SIOP, FIOP, which is the counterpart to our aviation.

Over the past year we have seen the blatant disregard of a nation's sovereignty by Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.

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

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

Delaying these benefits for even a few days can be devastating for student veterans.

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

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