Unfortunately it often takes tragic events to bring us all together. Last week, a tornado ripped through Cottonwood, Alabama, and it basically destroyed the entire town of about 1,200 people. This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit…

I never stopped, slowed down, or prevented my officers from enforcing the law. I swore an oath to protect the citizens of my community.

Instead of wasting more time on a baseless impeachment, we should get back to the work of passing bills that will actually help solve problems.

Just as we've said all along, the outcome of Republicans' so-called impeachment 'investigation' has been predetermined from the start.

It's the American people that are paying the price of Republican inaction.

Democrats want to strengthen border security. We want to keep fentanyl off our streets.

I just heard a committee Member say, and I quote, "They are not prepared to be assimilated," talking about immigrants.

It is hard to ignore the fact that the Senate is having bipartisan negotiations on the behalf of the Democrats and the Republicans to try and pass a bill or put together a bill that would address these issues.

This is about scoring political points. You want to make this administration look weak on the border.

Unfortunately, Republicans are willing to damage the Constitution they claim to hold dear because they think it will benefit them politically.

Donald Trump, as always, has said the quiet part out loud when he said immigrants, and I quote, "are poisoning the blood of our country."

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Congressman Huffman, for your support on this bill. That really means a lot to us.

this committee cannot proceed to any marker. I know that you have long planned in which you committed to the Speaker and to a Member of this committee behind closed doors without a full hearing of the merits of impeachment.

We do not need more laws. We need a President of the United States and a Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security who enforce the laws of this country.

It's far easier to demand impeachment. Instead of engaging in a good-faith effort to improve homeland security, House Republicans are more interested in giving interviews to FOX News.

One of the tenets of who we are as a democracy is that I have an opinion and you have an opinion, and let's respect that.

Let's drop this baseless impeachment and get back to doing the real work of securing the homeland and helping people across this great country.

Both undocumented and documented immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than native-born American citizens.