Can you give us an idea of when the Coast Guard will be providing a report to Congress on that issue?

I want to congratulate you in the new position. I am looking forward to working with you.

So now we have identified areas where law-abiding citizens can become felons. We tried to fix it; they wanted that to stay in place. So what is that motivation? But then we identified another problem. If someone who is in this country…

I don't think you can be the referee of your own game.

I don't favor open borders and I don't know anybody here that does either.

Your job is to revisit the Act, and I am hopeful and expect that you will do it.

I am a life-long Republican. I have been a Republican longer than some of you have been alive.

Ensuring these facilities are secure is vital to my State and district and by extension the entire country.

The chemical industry is vital to Louisiana's economy. In Louisiana it is a $50.5 billion industry.

A long-term authorization is a significant quest in my mind.

I am certainly willing to work with my colleagues in this body to address how we can improve CFATS.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, the Terrapin from Maryland, for yielding. I want to say, first, we are going to miss Karen Haas. Karen Haas served this body so well, as the majority leader talked about, and in such a fair way…

That is permanent separation, and that is in part due to policies that fail to control our border.

You don't know about this gross mismanagement, fraud, waste, and abuse that's taken place in your agency that was found to be true by the Office of Inspector General?

I have found it a bit absurd since I got to Congress to look into all this...

We see an increased use of children by human and drug traffickers because of our policies.

That is ridiculous that you, the head of the agency, don't know of this issue of waste, fraud, and abuse that is rampant within your agency.

I have heard that we are using children, toddlers, and infants.