The amendment I put forward prohibits funding in this act to President Biden's executive orders that put needless limits on immigration enforcement, scale back sound asylum policies, and establish its own set of immigration directives that…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have great respect for my colleague on the other side of the aisle from Texas. On this matter we disagree. The Secretary of Homeland Security has entirely abdicated his responsibility to follow the laws of the United States. He has done…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I note that recently China's military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island's Defense Ministry called a recent new high. Forty of these planes crossed the symbolic median line between mainland China and…

The amendment before us would prohibit any of the funds in the Defense appropriations bill from being used to carry out President Biden's executive orders on climate change. Our military should be, as I have stated in these other…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 45, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000)''…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 1\1/2\ minutes.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I agree with the gentlewoman that words hurt. The question is, how those words are deployed and what they do for the mission of our United States military. When I see taxpayer dollars going to fund a syllabus which was not something in…

The brand was Washington, D.C., not President Biden.

We must stop the dangerous, expensive, corrupt, and ineffective political stunts at the border and instead chart a new path for a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system. Abbott's Operation Lone Star must end, and I urge passage of…

I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of Mr. Norman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. Nehls The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

My amendment would prohibit funds for the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security. Under Joe Biden, the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security, also known…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

My amendment reduces the salary of Jonathan Davidson, the chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security, to $1. His salary last year was $158,500. With his new role, it will be at least $180,000. $180,000 for this guy, and he does…