If you cut the State Department, I am going to need you to buy me more bullets.

regrettably I am necessarily absent on passage of H.J. Res. 26 as I am attending the funeral of a former Governor. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted in support of the resolution. ____________________

I rise today to honor a great Idahoan and the new Federal Engineer of the Year, Chad Kidd. Over the past decade, Mr. Kidd has served as an electrical engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation. Throughout his time he has displayed a consistent…

You can't undial this. You cannot take back the atrocities that we have seen perpetrated on the innocent people of Ukraine.

This is not a partisan issue. This is an American issue.

What these people--what the Russians have done in Ukraine is barbaric. It's unforgiveable.

I think we all know that illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids pose an unprecedented threat to American families.

It is time the Administration wakes up. We have a serious threat at the border and the President needs to be serious about addressing it.

I encourage President Obrador of Mexico to deepen our bilateral security cooperation for the sake of our region's security and prosperity.

Addressing this threat will require greater awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, better coordination of local, state, and federal law enforcement resources for mental health, and effective--very effective--international cooperation.

America does not believe that, that the border is secure with the thousands of people that are coming across.

I cringe every time I hear somebody from the Administration say, oh, well, the border is secure.

I do not know what the path forward is.

The difficulty, of course, is that that situation deteriorated dramatically and quickly and we are back to where we were before.

I think complex is as kind a way as you could say it regarding our relationship with China at the present time.

In 2021, more than 100,000 Americans--more than 100,000 Americans--died from drug overdoses, nearly 70 percent of which were from fentanyl poisoning.

The United States has to step up and defend democratic values, not just the might of our military, but the power of our diplomatic persuasion.

The Biden administration said over and over again that it supports security assistance to Taiwan. However, it did nothing to advocate for Taiwan during the appropriations process.

They are not doing it out of the goodness of their heart or to see that our universities are doing a good job.

We are extremely focused on understanding and communicating with Taiwan about what specific articles--defensive articles they need for their defense and for deterrence.

Nothing is more urgent than ensuring Taiwan has the capabilities and training to deter Chinese aggression.

We think this is quite critical. We believe we need to help them in asymmetric weapons capabilities.

The Chinese Government's tacit endorsement of this massive drug trade is just not right.

This was an egregious assault on U.S. sovereignty and, obviously, it requires a response and it requires a plan, going forward.

China is certainly our high priority in this legislative session as we go forward.