I think consistency is the biggest challenge here, right. We want to make sure that every veteran can count on the same process, no matter what airport they are flying through.

I see it as a lack of meaningful work to address the retention challenges.

myself and many other individuals warned that prices would go up, that premiums would go up with the passage of the Affordable Care Act

Your budget request, I believe you have $77.4 million for border management staffing.

I think it would certainly help if we didn't have defund-the-police rhetoric around the country as well, because law enforcement is struggling.

When the Chief of the Border Patrol is telling us that the border is not secure and that men and women at the border feel disrespected by the policies of this administration, it is very clear to me, sir, that there is a lot more work to be…

Is this what CBP is telling you they need to be able to secure the border and provide that operational security?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss China's growing role in international relations and its impact on American national security. In just the last few weeks, China has brokered a peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia and re-established…

I am very concerned when you say you are addressing the cartels in unprecedented ways.

one of the biggest errors was in the establishment of Medicare, Medicare having different reimbursement for different States rather than a single reimbursement for a single procedure or a single visit

I think Iowans and Americans deserve accountability here for their tax dollars and for their numbers.

I guess my biggest question is, when you look at 19,000 staff Border Patrol agents, which is what we have right now, funded for 19,800, 800 of those positions are currently open.

This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the chance.

When you were in Iowa, you heard about how concerned Iowa farmers are about Mexico's ban on biotech corn.

If you do not let the Mexican Government know right now that you are going to institute that, you are going to continue these conversations for the 2 years that they have already gone on.

I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.

If you do not let the Mexican Government know right now that you are going to institute that, you are going to continue these conversations for the 2 years that they have already gone on.

I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.