"I commend you for the time that you have been Chairman and the way you have conducted yourself."
"We may often disagree, and sometimes even strongly, Mr."
"I am on a mission of mercy because of immigration laws and a need for comprehensive immigration reform."
"I appreciate President Biden. He inherited a tough, tough job, a tough position."
"The border is about as secure as it can be given the laws that we have."
"It is lawful for people to ask for asylum. That is lawful."
"We can deal with the situations that include Mr. Jaime Avalos Rosales."
"I have encountered them when I have made trips to the border."
"I want to echo the thoughts of some of my colleagues that Mr. Katko--I know he is gone--but certainly a great Ranking Member and the way that this committee has conducted its business in a bipartisan ..."
"Would you consider that to be a terrorist act?"
"So an organization that is killing over 200 Americans every single day, you have difficulty in saying that they are not terrorizing us?"
"Have we done anything with the government of Mexico, warned them, et cetera, that they need to step up their war against these cartels?"