It is imperative that the Federal Government utilizes these and other new funding sources provided by the agreement in a wise fashion.

In the interest of national security, policies designed to secure our borders against the threat of terrorism, criminal networks, and other illicit activities cannot be based on misinformation, or derived from arbitrary Presidential tweets.

This agreement, which I supported, I voted for, provides a total of $14 billion for Customs and Border Protection.

As I noted earlier, the omnibus appropriation bill that we just did allocated $14 billion for Customs and Border Protection.

Yes. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that many on our side of the aisle, those who have the highest hopes for consumer protection, would see you the fox in the hen house, right?

I certainly want to maintain Congress' ability to have you engage in a meaningful way.

You are hostile to the operation of the CFPB, you are not into protecting consumers, and all of a sudden the investigations stop.

How does that happen? How does that happen?

We also have a request in for documents regarding the Tribute Contracting, LLC, documents.

It is the mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA, to, quote, ``lead America to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters with a vision of a Nation prepared,'' close quote.

I think that should be a huge priority for both Democrats and Republicans in this Congress.