We have seen well over 100,000 migrants in less than 60 days.

If harnessed correctly, Guam could be America's greatest asset in deterring Chinese aggression before it reaches the shores of our country.

One bipartisan policy change I am here to advocate for is my bill, H.R. 5590, the Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade, or BEST, Facilitation Act of 2023.

Under this administration, every State is now a border State.

We must be doing more to support our agents and officers.

About every 5 minutes, an American dies from a drug overdose or poisoning.

This administration, and Secretary Mayorkas, in particular, is failing us.

Illegal migration is not unique to our Northern and Southern Borders.

Under this administration, every State is now border State.

They are failing our local communities by shutting down the Lukeville Port of Entry.

I come before the Committee today to testify in support of my bipartisan bill H.R. 6497, the Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities Act of 2023.

I urged the Biden administration to deploy the Arizona National Guard.

Without your support and the joint effort of the committee, China inches closer to our shores by the day.

We need the government to step up and do its job and secure our border.

The current $1 million annually that our local DHS office receives is nowhere near adequate to counter the State-level threats that our local government faces daily.

Health care is three quarters of the borrowing over the next three decades.

The question is, do we have the political courage to do what has to be done?

This is a Federal problem and deserves a Federal solution.