The Department stated that it is prioritizing China as our number one pacing challenge.

Despite all this, President Biden's 2022 budget proposes to severely, severely underfund the Department of Defense, potentially jeopardizing our efforts to counter China aggression around the world.

In other words, how do you explain to unemployed Keystone Pipeline workers that Russia's gains from the Nord Stream Pipeline are justified?

Mr. Secretary, President Biden canceled the Keystone Pipeline, eliminating thousands of good-paying jobs here in America.

In recent years, activists and others have applied increasing pressure on our Nation's largest banks to withhold offering banking services to certain types of businesses.

The Congressional Budget Office projects debt to reach 102 percent of GDP by the end of this year and 200 percent by 2051 under current policies unless there are changes.

However, restricting access to capital for law-abiding companies results in higher costs for consumers and slower economic growth.

The Federal debt is currently over $28 trillion.

global hegemony is a Chinese Communist Party's ultimate aim--we all know that--and they have grown increasingly brazen in their power plays designed to seize that. The bill before the Senate purports to counter Chinese ambition and…

Our National Guard and Reserve perform a vast and critical role in our national defense.

We want to ensure your departments receive the necessary resources to remain a ready and lethal force.

Their unwavering commitment has been particularly evident over the last year as thousands have been deployed at unprecedented rates.

That system is a critical border security tool, which helps our Border Patrol agents safely and effectively maintain operational control of our southern border.

What is the plan for these 19,000 illegal immigrants and how are you planning to track them once they've been let into the country?

I think it's an affront to this committee and to a lot of us for Congress and to Congress's power of the purse.

The Rule of Law, the very foundation upon which America was built, is paramount to our future as Americans and the future of our democracy.

Domestic violent extremists threaten the Rule of Law but so, too, does turning a blind eye to the flood of illegal immigration at our southern border.

Since President Biden took office, your Department has impounded these funds, in direct violation of federal law.

Mr. Secretary, in the past 5 years Congress has directly provided the Department of Homeland Security with billions of dollars for the construction of a border wall.

Many of my Democratic colleagues have sought to make it about politics and race.

It is an affront to this Committee and to Congress's power of the purse, but worse: it makes the work of our dedicated Border Patrol agents more difficult and more dangerous.

I believe that the Rule of Law must be restored for the good of this country.

The Biden administration has already imposed policies that today are destroying traditional energy jobs.

Mr. Kerry has said that the very purpose of President Biden's expected global warming Executive order is to 'change the allocation of capital.'

This week all the Republicans on this Committee sent a letter to John Kerry warning the Administration not to abuse Government power in this way.