Yes. We want to do it in a very efficient way, obviously, as we are planning laying these out, that are strongly bipartisan.

I am hearing from constituents that more could be done to support wood products so that our working forest owners can sell their trees at a healthy price.

I am real strong supporter of voluntary conservation programs for working lands and for helping our farmers and ranchers with conservation practices because we certainly need them out there doing that.

EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE: EXAMINING SECRETARY MAYORKAS' BORDER CRISIS

But the question remains do we want to finally overcome our border challenges or do we want to use this issue for partisan attacks?

We know that last year, 13,000 pounds, 13,000 pounds of fentanyl was seized in 2023.

In 2021, there were 299 fentanyl overdose deaths in my State of Oklahoma.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to submit statements from the First Focus campaign for children, Human Rights First, and Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights.

Now, if we had Chinese troops lining up along our Southern Border with weapons aimed at our people, with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our cities, you damn well know you would do something about it.

The fact is Democrats are focused on investing in border staffing, infrastructure, and technology, especially at ports of entry.

We owe it to the American people to focus on all of the threats to the homeland, including those at the Southern Border.

Turning our backs on asylees would be turning our backs on who we are as a country.

I hope that going forward, we will not lose sight of the fact that the intelligence community has been clear that domestic extremism is one of our other most serious threats.

Unfortunately, I am concerned that this hearing won't help us move toward a solution for better border management, but rather may be used by some as a platform for divisive rhetoric and anti-immigrant fearmongering.

That is enough to kill all the residents of Oklahoma City, 650,000 people.

However, I would note that while Republicans are using this hearing to criticize Secretary Mayorkas for the challenges at our border... the majority has offered no solutions of its own.

This should not be politicized. It's not about race. Fentanyl doesn't care about race.

Stand firm against anti-immigrant rhetoric and efforts, and firmly reject attempts to exploit Congressional hearings.