"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."
"I believe that."
"Since President Biden took office, your Department has impounded these funds, in direct violation of federal law."
"That system is a critical border security tool, which helps our Border Patrol agents safely and effectively maintain operational control of our southern border."
"I believe that the Rule of Law must be restored for the good of this country."
"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."
"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."