Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think we are in a really important phase.

Well, I am a lawyer, so I am talking about what is legal and what is not legal.

It doesn't deal with the crisis that we are seeing globally.

The environmental problems with illegal immigration have persisted for decades on our public lands, costing taxpayers millions each year to clean up the tens of thousands of pounds of trash and human waste littered across our public lands…

The unprecedented number of refugees and asylum seekers that are coming to the border is a reality. It is a humanitarian crisis, and it needs to be dealt with.

this Administration, and I know this comes from much higher levels than where you all work, where they have pushed this through.

Sadly, due to the incompetence of the Biden administration, there really is no such thing as a border community these days.

The wall doesn't work? Yes, walls do work. They actually do work.

Unfortunately, the Administration has now set a terrible precedent to use our public lands across the country to house migrants.

we need to treat our panelists with respect.

President Biden has totally lost operational control of the border, allowing thousands of migrants, as well as those who wish to traffic human beings and to illicit drugs across our public lands.

The only person I can actually think of that might be able to do it is Joe Arpaio.

I am not one of those anti-Semites.

If there were ever a time for bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, it is now.

We must establish responsible immigration policies like those found in Republicans' H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act.

I think consistency would be important for your presentations before Congress.

In the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we voted to invest in our highways and transit, putting important resources in the Highway Trust Fund and other transportation programs.