So also an enthusiastic supporter of the CHIPS and Science Act, which, as you know, really is building on quantum technologies.

I was an enthusiastic co-sponsor of the original National Quantum Initiative Act, and I'm--I want to note that I'm very proud that Dr. Michael Raymer, who is from--a physics professor from my alma mater, University of Oregon, played a role…

I think we can all agree that integrity and accountability are important when it comes to SNAP and other benefits.

We want people who are intellectually curious, I think, to get those people and get them into the field.

I believe that Mexican criminal organizations are the largest criminal threat to the United States right now.

The U.S. Government must not conflate terrorism and crime.

This is Speaker McCarthy's gift to the extremists in his conference.

designating any of the Mexican drug cartels as FTOs at this time is a bad idea.

several Mexican drug cartels are a threat to the homeland.

The Federal Government has failed to fulfill its duty to secure the border and protect the people of Texas and the United States.

The Mexican state is no longer a partner to the United States.

Well, we talk a lot about operational control, and that's having a better understanding of who's coming in and who's leaving and what that threat really is. We're never really going to get that.

the horrific Trump Administration policy of separating children from their parents at the border, a policy that has caused immeasurable trauma on children.

I'd like to invite all my colleagues on this Subcommittee to look at a bipartisan immigration bill, the Dignity Act.

Since Austin, deep in the heart of fossil-fueled Texas, is the only place I have ever called home, I don't believe I have ever been in a home without a gas stove. But I certainly don't need any protection through this contrived bill, and…

Nobody wants an orderly immigration process more than those of us who have built our lives on the border.

If we truly want to address our Nation's immigration challenge and opportunity, we would do that through reasonable legislation.

I mention this because we have a former President who regularly indicates that we should just let it default, which aids and abets those who are in the business of extorting, by the way.