Alejandro Mayorkas: “We have been pushing for immigration legislation since day one.”

Chair Murray, I remember very well when you and I visited a Coast Guard facility in your jurisdiction when I served as a Deputy Secretary.

In fact, election security is one of our priorities.

but I do believe that Senator Murkowski is correct that we need to fund the Coast Guard at a greater level than, historically, has been the case.

I would welcome the opportunity to work with you to increase the Coast Guard's budget quite significantly.