Alejandro Mayorkas: “We of course remain committed to comprehensive immigration reform.”

I have said now repeatedly it is a crisis.

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

Chair Murray, we continue to believe that the resources and the legislative changes that were contained in the Bipartisan Legislation are greatly needed by our Department and would really advance our mission.

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.