That is a double standard. That is partisan politics and that is Washington for you.

Will you help remove some of these obstacles, like having to call the District of Columbia to get rid of a guy that has been convicted of 10 kilos of methamphetamine?

I just want us to get back, Mr. Chairman.

We do need to dial the rhetoric down in the country and apparently in the committee.

You and I pledge that going forward, we will make every effort to get back to the civility that this committee has been known for ever since we have been in existence.

everything I have seen from your Department says just the opposite, and I stand to differ with you on that one.

I must say, everything I have seen from your Department says just the opposite, and I stand to differ with you on that one.

It's good to see that the Biden administration not only talks the talk on equity in disaster response but is also walking the walk when it matters most.

I thought was very truthful, very forthcoming, when he said that he could not testify before this committee that the border was secure.

The President's fiscal year 2024 budget requests $103.2 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to carry out its mission of safeguarding the homeland.

President Trump continued to express frustration with the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.

I want to ask, I think it is Ambassador Sales. Ambassador Sales, I will come to you within my time to ask what are good next steps or a reflection of what we should do?

I am a defender and not an offender. I am not an aggressor, I am a defender.

I would venture to say on the record that this debt ceiling debate and debacle is more having to do with the dollar than anything else.

the inherited chaotic withdrawal that was a result of Trump's Taliban deal.

the president of Afghan did not show himself well in that moment.

I want to thank Secretary Mayorkas for his responsiveness to Congress, not just today, but since taking the job over 2 years ago.

It is good to see that the Biden administration not only talks the talk on equity and disaster response, but is also walking the walk when it matters most.