there is a tremendous amount of downstream costs to America, to states, cities, municipalities, based on just the sheer volumes of illegal immigrants that are also currently in our country and that are making their way to our country.

I just want to continue to urge my colleagues, you know, to get down there and see firsthand.

The only way this works is if the American people trust the IRS and trust that this information will be held private.

From being able to discuss things with the professionals that are knowledgeable on the subject matter, we learn things every day to help us make decisions.

I am proud to represent the Mississippi Gulf Coast, which is home to NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

We have no evidence that there is anything nefarious.

a combination of a defensive barrier, boots on the ground, and technology, would well-serve and protect an American and American citizens.

But if people come here illegally, that is still against the law in our country, correct? And what would that charge be?

originally we had $5.7 billion in the President's budget and you asked for 75 additional judges, but it was reduced--for the wall, it was reduced to $1.3 billion.

Protecting, you know, the American citizens vote is extremely important to me.

And so, we currently have, for lack of a better term, a dictator who is refusing humanitarian aid and a country of great crisis.

Election security is a National security issue that must transcend party politics, because it requires a unified effort to protect America's elections.

That is why I am very disappointed that election security, an issue where we had an opportunity to work together to move bipartisan legislation, has gotten caught up in this partisan political power grab.

Today I would just like to give thanks to be able to be here at this State of the Union to hear about what our wonderful Nation is doing. It is such an honor to be here, and to have the opportunity to be present during one of these State…

My state just reduced--attempted to reduce the number of days that a person can clear up a question of residency from five days to two.

As some of you might know, our system of elections has been declared critical infrastructure, and so it's in our best interest to protect that infrastructure.

My personal testimony is a long time ago, Bennie Thompson ran for office, and the only reason he was able to win was because of the Voting Rights Act protections.

the voter ID law is a purge, because what we're doing is we're--we're doing--essentially doing away with voter registration and changing it to driver's licenses or Texas IDs.