John Rutherford

I support you, and I stand with you on substantial investment into our infrastructure.

I would like to say thank you to you and President Biden. I know early on you all came out very supportive of the Jones Act, and we do appreciate that.

I am a big proponent of CDBG.

children and adults dying in these fires is just atrocious.

I think I could live with.

My issue with that, and I have to ask, wouldn't that bring in the investor community to the detriment of homeowners...

This is a self-inflicted national health disaster, and we have to look at Title 42.

I really am impressed with your past and I think we are going to be impressed with your future.

We have a large influx that have come across the Southern Border in my district now

So what we are trying to do is align ourselves with that so we can be better prepared to handle the mission.

And, Madam Chair, I would suggest that we heed his request on this $14 million, because it will actually bring dollars back that have been stolen in fraud.

I was really glad to hear, I think it was last Monday, when the Uniting for Ukraine was laid out

I have a lot of Ukrainians in my district and I want to make sure that we are doing all we can for them.

All of these, to me, should be considered public health issues all over the country because every city in America is now a border country.

What are we doing to stop these narco-terrorists from coming across our border?

But, Mr. Secretary, if I can push back on that just a little bit.

But, clearly, that is not going to be possible with all of the refugee issues and all the humanitarian issues that are being forced upon us particularly if Title 42 is done away with.

So when Title 42 is lifted because they are okay with COVID-19 now, there is no concern about the number of murders that are being committed by these individuals.

I was not suggesting that everyone that wants to immigrate to this country or come across the southern border is a murderer or a drug dealer or a terrorist or a threat to this country.

The vast numbers of illegal aliens that are crossing our border are impeding our ability to process people properly so that we know who is coming in.

I think if you asked probably two-thirds of the country, they will tell you the border is not secure.

Those attacks showed that it is not just government, it is private industry.

But those same USCIS employees are being surged to the Southern Border to now process those people.

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 3807. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is accepted. ____________________

We really need to continue to push on this issue, and thank you, Madam Chair, for doing that.