Robert Aderholt

I have made it clear that there are serious concerns that we need to have about the runaway spending that we have seen from the majority and we have also seen from the administration.

Well, I am glad to hear your commitment to the fact that the unserved population will be given the priority.

Given this need for more domestic semiconductor capacity that it is already very acute, and that national security concerns are not just merely hypothetical, does the administration have a plan to ease or to assist with regulations and…

Are you aware of the issue? And what is being done to ensure that our trade partners are abiding by trade agreement commitments.

It has just recently come to my attention that the--by a recent action by the Government of Mexico, has shut down a facility that is owned by Vulcan Materials.

Given the rapid development of America's commercial space sector, it is vital that the office maintains a pace with industry to ensure that we continue to set standards and lead from the front.

How will you balance factors like job creation with other factors, like the ability to advance U.S. strategic, economic, and national security goals in awarding incentive grants?

I would support efforts to increase capacity by ramping up refining and mining of critical minerals.

Wouldn't you agree, though, that it diminishes the value and integrity of the role of your immigration judges and the Immigration Court system?

I think this leads one to wonder if reducing the caseload is a mere pretext for a political decision.

I think all four of these countries that you mentioned all represent substantial threats to national security and we are focused on combating every one of them.

Well, are you committed to enforcing 18 U.S.C. 1531, which is the partial birth abortion ban...

I think that they at least warrant an investigation, and since what is alleged is a violation of federal law...

This rule, an interim final rule announced in March, turns our immigration system literally on its head.

Even more outrageous is the fact that $450 million is mandatory spending.

What this request signals is that, while American families all across the United States are making hard choices, they are seeing their buying power diminish with each passing day, the Administration is doubling down on spending policies…

It is critical that we ensure that your department is well-supported to continue that legacy.

As career officials, your presence today is a very helpful reminder that it is possible to set aside politics of climate change and focus on the questions of how to best help our constituents make informed decisions for themselves, for…

Well, during the Trump administration, you assessed that there was a lack of coordination between Federal agencies with respect to immigration policies and procedure.

The Trump administration, as you know, took real specific steps to try to end the pull factors that incentivize illegal immigration into the United States.

Our loss of vital good-paying jobs is not only a problem with an executive order like this

To decrease incarceration levels, we must reduce profit-based incentives to incarcerate by phasing out the Federal Government's reliance on privately operated criminal detention facilities.

I think that is very important. I am hearing this just almost constantly that the supply there is not--and we need to fix this issue because it is really causing a lot of hardship on a lot of people and construction moving forward.

Employment in the timber industry is an important economic engine, not only in the district I represent, but also in the State of Alabama and really across the Nation.

I would love to work with you on that, because that has been an issue I that I worked on.