I cannot finish my questioning without pointing out how really horrified I have been... with the Taliban's reversal of their commitment to allow girls into school in Afghanistan.

I want to again point out that today we have Army senior leaders who are going to testify.

what that does to our democracy is of critical concern to my constituents, and I think Americans everywhere.

It is very, very concerning that extremists in our state capital have inserted an abortion ban into our state budget last year.

This is really about which party will listen to voters and uphold their values, and protect fundamental freedoms for every American, regardless of political party.

the right of people to make their own personal decisions, their right to bodily autonomy is foundational to everything else.

if the Republican Party is willing to go after a woman`s fundamental freedom, if they are willing to rollback the rights of half of the population, will they be willing to stand up for anyone`s freedom?

The Republicans are eager to come to Washington, and help Mitch McConnell fulfill what his clearly been his goal for decades, which is to not only overturn Roe v. Wade, but now it seems, passed an abortion ban, a national abortion ban.

I would argue that one of the problems that our military's experiencing is the same problem that industries across this country are experiencing and that is we have a lower birth rate, so we have fewer people entering the workforce, and…

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I would look forward to working on that with you because we have to get that done.

I am also concerned that the continual and likely increased shifting of personnel to the Southern Border will have a detrimental impact on travel, trade, and security along the Northern Border.

I think one of my concerns... is that people keep telling me, but we have a plan, and it is not clear that having the plan and actually having the resources on the ground to meet the goals of that plan are the same thing.

Does that mean that in your assessment, with those resources in place, that if there were 18,000 people at the border tomorrow you would be prepared to meet the medical needs?

I am also obviously concerned that as we stand up more resources at the Southern Border we attend to the security and trade and travel at the Northern Border as well.

I am concerned after that visit that DHS is not more widely deploying the technologies that you are using to help secure the border in some locations.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 more seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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