"I think this hearing is always a really good example."
"Congress has abdicated its responsibility and allowed many of these agencies to continue to expand their scope."
"The needs of tribal communities vary from tribe to tribe."
"How many other guns from Operation Fast and Furious remain unaccounted for?"
"You lowered the credible fear standards, so even illegal border crossers who have broken the laws of the United States can claim asylum."
"You instructed ICE agents not to detain or deport the vast majority of individuals illegally in the country."
"You moved Northern Border agents to the Southwestern Border, leaving our Northern Border vulnerable."
"Secretary, every time you fail to acknowledge that this is a crisis, you lose even more credibility with the men and women of DHS."
"This budget proposal is an insult to every American. It fails to take seriously many of the most pressing national security threats."
"President Biden himself likes to quote, and I quote him, 'Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.'"
"The objective of this budget is not to secure our border, but to force CBP personnel to process illegal aliens into the interior of the United States."
"The proposed $4.7 billion Southwest Border Contingency Fund is just another gimmick to spend American taxpayer dollars on a crisis you created."