The problem we have, Mr. Chairman, is if we legalize the agricultural workforce, give legal status without securing our border, and changing our asylum laws first, you will have a run on this country that you've never seen.

Here's the deal. Half the people working here illegally, if they left tomorrow, we would be hosed.

I'm skeptical that that could happen. And one reason why is because the Biden administration's current policies are a magnet for illegal immigration.

I am not antagonistic to trying to find a solution to the agricultural dilemma of creating a more robust legal system so you can access legal workers.

There should never be a world--there should never be a world--where a company finds China easier to do business, a better business environment.

The Chinese Communist Party is facilitating the flow of the deadly fentanyl into our Nation through the Mexican cartels, leading to 70,000 American deaths.

You've been great on Ukraine. You've been terrific.

I recently introduced the Know Your App Act to increase transparency and protect Americans by requiring app stores to label apps controlled by foreign adversaries.

I'm skeptical that that could happen. And one reason why is because the Biden administration's current policies are a magnet for illegal immigration.

We must work simultaneously to provide businesses with room for growth and opportunity here at home while also robustly responding to China's unfair practices globally.

Here's the deal. Half the people working here illegally, if they left tomorrow, we would be hosed.

Concerns about China's rising strength and aggression are certainly understandable. However, America can always outcompete China.

The solution of legalizing millions of people in the agricultural community without first dealing with the broken border and a broken asylum system, I mean, I think, is ill-conceived.

The problem we have, Mr. Chairman, is if we legalize the agricultural workforce, give legal status without securing our border, and changing our asylum laws first, you will have a run on this country that you've never seen.

I really feel like this hearing, as important as the subject is we're talking about, is almost a parody when it comes to how much our current system has failed.

If they all left tomorrow, what would happen to the agricultural community?

We must work simultaneously to provide businesses with room for growth and opportunity here at home while also robustly responding to China's unfair practices globally.

The solution of legalizing millions of people in the agricultural community without first dealing with the broken border and a broken asylum system, I mean, I think, is ill-conceived.