This population is growing, the foreign-born population by 4½ million under President Biden.

it is common knowledge that America's southern border has been in crisis since President Biden took office 3 years ago. Since then, 6.7 million--6.7 million--migrants have shown up at the border, only to be released by the Biden…

If anybody in this room needed lifesaving brain surgery tomorrow, you know what your criteria would be? The best.

This Administration clearly did, because they had a standdown where the entire military... stood down for... training on the dangers of White extremism.

In the United States Army... that number was 9, 9.

I think that we would agree, we have a great panel here, Col. Lohmeier, would you agree that the Chinese military is a grave threat to not only this country but really freedom and liberty in the world?

Racism is a diminishing phenomenon every day.

Dallas County is home to over 2.5 million Americans and supports the flow of over $500 billion in commerce, particularly in the trade and transportation sector impacting the entire United States.

This is the core of what it means to represent your constituents--to hear what is happening on the ground in your community, and come to Congress to fix those issues.

Project 12 would widen, deepen, and dredge the port so that it may continue to safely accept vessels.

My home city of Houston sits at the epicenter of global trade.

I come before you today, to request that the Committee take up an item with clear bipartisan support across the Houston region.

I urge my colleagues to include these priorities in the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, for having me today again at Member Day.

That is why, in order to complete the current projects and have headroom for projects in the pipeline, the Corps recommends, and as such I urge the Committee to authorize, an additional $40 million dollars for Dallas County, Texas.

Barriers like the Ike dike are lifesaving engineering projects.

To keep the United States competitive in the global supply chain, the port must accept larger and larger vessels.

I urge the Corps to continue its focus and complete this study so it can move forward with a project that aligns with community objectives.