Kyrsten Sinema

We need more holding capacity.

I don't think you can get agreement on a restroom break by next Thursday.

The Biden administration had two years to prepare for this and did not do so.

I want to do it now.

Those are good things. Those are aspirational. That's not the same as operational.

This is a crisis for our border communities and for migrants.

It has not been adequate.

I was thinking the same thing, Senator Lankford. I thought, wow, that is going to be quite a day.

I think this is one of the most significant issues we have to be able to deal with is how we handle asylum.

Simply cutting off the funding does not solve the problem. It creates a crisis for local communities and still leaves us with policies that are ineffective.

Frankly, I think both of those are true, right. Both of those are true statements.

I have expressed multiple times serious concerns about the Federal Government's preparations or lack thereof.

It seems evident from our witnesses' testimony today that the cartels have a different strategy of which type of migrants they are bringing through different ports or different parts of the country.

I cannot thank Ranking Member Lankford enough for joining me in leading this important legislation.

I was thinking the same thing, Senator Lankford. I thought, wow, that is going to be quite a day.

I think this is one of the most significant issues we have to be able to deal with is how we handle asylum.

Simply cutting off the funding does not solve the problem. It creates a crisis for local communities and still leaves us with policies that are ineffective.

Frankly, I think both of those are true, right. Both of those are true statements.

I have expressed multiple times serious concerns about the Federal Government's preparations or lack thereof.

It seems evident from our witnesses' testimony today that the cartels have a different strategy of which type of migrants they are bringing through different ports or different parts of the country.

Only comprehensive immigration reform is going to fix that.

I cannot thank Ranking Member Lankford enough for joining me in leading this important legislation.

What is this Administration going to do to be able to handle the hundreds of thousands of people that may flood across the border?

I think this is one of the most significant issues we have to be able to deal with is how we handle asylum.

Simply cutting off the funding does not solve the problem. It creates a crisis for local communities and still leaves us with policies that are ineffective.