"The Federal Government has an obligation to secure the homeland and protect the United States and its citizens from those who seek to do us harm."
"This waiver authority was a deliberate act by Congress to avoid endless years of litigation that would make construction impossible."
"Congressman Higgins, I have been in my house since 1968. We have never flooded."
"The passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 authorized the construction of border barriers for the first time in statute."
"I support very deep consultations with you."
"There is no American here on either side that wants to interfere with the lives of American citizens."
"Standing upon principles of freedoms and liberties, protecting freedoms and liberties, and resisting and curtailing the manifestation of Big Brother, reducing and controlling the size and scope of Fed..."
"Let us not forget that we must operate based upon the cornerstones that have defined America as we attempt to care for all of our children."
"The crisis that unfolded along our Southwest Border last year was not a fake emergency, it is not the fault of the men and women of CBP, and it is not the fault of the President of the United States, ..."
"If that was a crisis, then there are no words for what we experienced at the border during fiscal year 2019."
"The border crisis was the result of legal loopholes, activist judges, and propaganda from criminal killers who smuggle and traffick migrants for profit."