Together, we walked into Congress to pitch our plan. I can't tell you how many people told me it would never get done.

My Democratic colleagues and I plan to ask you about these issues, and we stand ready and willing, as always, to work with you to address these challenges on behalf of the American people.

They revere their Presidential candidate, who admires dictators and despots, calling them 'capable', 'competent', and 'smart.'

To be sure, Republicans have failed at running the House of Representatives.

They ousted their own Speaker, paralyzing the House and bringing the legislative process to a standstill for weeks as they fought amongst themselves.

Cabinet secretaries shouldn't be impeached over policy differences. That is not what the Constitution says.

They agreed to stop stock buybacks. They agreed to halt dividend payments to shareholders. They agreed to cap executive compensation and bonuses.

Together, we walked into Congress to pitch our plan. I can't tell you how many people told me it would never get done.

Serious threats demand action from serious people. Not politically-motivated attacks, not inflammatory language that divides us.

Addressing human smuggling and trafficking is a critically important challenge.

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They agreed to stop stock buybacks. They agreed to halt dividend payments to shareholders. They agreed to cap executive compensation and bonuses.

In fact, the Biden administration and Secretary Mayorkas are going after the cartels and have implemented enhanced counter-trafficking and counter-smuggling efforts.

More likely, my Republican colleagues have convened this hearing to mislead the American public about what the administration is doing to combat human smuggling and trafficking at the border.

Together, we walked into Congress to pitch our plan. I can't tell you how many people told me it would never get done.

Unfortunately, based on their politically-charged rhetoric and baseless accusations about the Biden administration's border policies, I doubt my Republican colleagues intend to use this hearing to help find meaningful solutions.

this administration has is a policy problem, or perhaps more appropriately, an implementation of the law problem, not a funding problem.

We need to see some reforms. That just putting more money into a broken system does not give people the confidence that they need.