Current conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have decreased our domestic defense industrial stockpiles, and with the strongest military in the world, it is imperative that we prioritize rebuilding our defense industry and stockpiles to…

There is nothing more un-American than lawlessness and chaos and the lack of respect for rule of law.

I can't even begin to talk about the cascading impact on costs to this country, but every country is becoming--I mean, every state is becoming a border state.

Parole has become a shadow immigration system. It is essentially supplanting the family and employment-based systems.

Do we not, in fact--have we not allowed almost 20-something, 25 million people legally to come into the United States over the last two and a half decades?

It is important to recognize the increase in the number of contractors leads to more reliable supply chains, scaled efficiency, less backlogs, and this increases competition.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on: Passage of H.R. 6192, if…

Due to illness, I was unable to vote during the first vote series. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: YEA on roll call No. 179, H.R. 3354, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 North Hatcher…

It is critical that this committee actually stays focused on what the uses are for the DPA, and that the DPA is not used for political controversy or to compete against allies and our friends.

I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit.

Their answers are always astonishing to me; anywhere between 65 and 90 percent of their time is spent checking boxes.

And right now, under our current system, are the laws being ignored by the current administration?

But look, I think we can all agree in this room and outside of this room, there is a crisis at the border.

We did the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. One of my proudest things that I personally worked on.

What I would like to submit to my colleagues is that CBO, in order to do their job, to provide the full picture and accurate information for us as lawmakers, to make the decisions and value judgments, is to have the full net cost.

Is that not, in fact, a backdoor way to dump more people into the United States rather than having them visibly come across the border?

It was a privilege to work with Donald as my counterpart on this subcommittee.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today and for sharing their perspectives on pipeline safety reauthorization.