"The best tools the United States and China have to address these issues are the ones that we unlock cooperatively, but we also need to be prepared to act alone, especially if the Chinese Communist Par..."
"Republicans and Democrats both should, and I believe do, want to address the devastating fentanyl problem."
"President Biden's border crisis is enriching China and the cartels as they partner together to traffic deadly fentanyl to the United States."
"If pandemic migration restrictions did not cutoff the fentanyl supply that is killing Americans, I think we can safely stop blaming immigration for what is a cartel problem."
"We owe them and their families not only a careful examination of the true causes of the opioid crisis, but the action that addresses the roots of the problem."
"For far too long, oil and gas have skipped out on their responsibilities, leaving abandoned and orphaned wells all over our public lands."
"The last time BLM updated it was 1960."
"Do you think a $10,000 bond for oil and gas is good enough given these costs?"
"I hope that you will force oil and gas companies to pay to clean up their own messes and update the bonding requirement for extraction."
"I do not for one second buy the lie that Republicans on this Committee and Congress give a damn about actually fixing the problem."
"This hearing is about a system that is failing kids. It is about a system where corporations exploit migrant children for a profit."
"HHS can and must do more to vet sponsors and to follow up with kids, and it must be given sufficient resources by Congress."