May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for his words, and I thank him also for his service to this body for almost two decades. We wish him well as he goes forward. One thing we are all sure about is that his heart remains in Baltimore. Mr. Speaker, I…

I thank the Speaker Emerita both for her leadership in the greater San Francisco area and also for her love for the city of Baltimore. Both cities are very, very fortunate to have her. I can only say thanks to Speaker Nancy D'Alesandro…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin) whose district is miles from where this happened but who has been with us every step of the way. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).

I want to do a couple of things here. Number one, I thank Speaker Johnson for the conversation that we had shortly after this bridge collapsed and for his full understanding of the impact on the Nation and why this is so very important…

Let me begin by thanking the gentlewoman from Texas for her opening remarks of this Special Order hour dedicated to make sure that we underscore the sense of tragedy, the sense of loss, and the sense of damage that has occurred as a result…

I thank the gentleman for his interest, his work, and his dedication to this mission that is before all of us, to rebuild this bridge and open the lanes of commerce once again so that our Nation's economy is not affected in ways that would…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, for his leadership on this, and for his steadfastness as we all try to work together to move beyond this American disaster and to create in its place a new bridge, new lanes of commerce, and new…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, the former majority leader of the United States House of Representatives, for his comments, his friendship, and also for the effort he has put forward as a part of what we call Team Maryland, again, a…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his comments and to underscore what I said earlier and what was said by several other people, that this disaster is not a partisan disaster. It affects all of us in this country regardless of our…

I just want to thank all of you for what you are doing.

This is a do-nothing Congress, and we should be doing the jobs that we were sent here to do.

People on the street do not buy that. They do not see the action.

I am so outraged at a do-nothing Congress just pointing the finger.

This Congress is not doing anything. It is not like the previous Congresses, trust me.

There should be some sense of decorum, and vulgarity should be discouraged.

The American ethic has always been one of independence and self-sufficiency.

Unfortunately, House Republican leadership are rejecting the offer negotiated by President Biden.

The Biden-Harris Administration requested $3.5 billion to secure the Southern border with additional holding facilities and funding for 2,000 new asylum officers.

We actually agree on a couple of things, and that is there is zero comparison between the Trump and Biden Administration.

Extreme Republicans have a choice. They can keep using immigration to try to score political points, or they can help solve the problem.

The immigration system President Biden inherited has been broken for a very long time.

I want to set the tone of this hearing by focusing on two words, and that is, 'efficiency and effectiveness.'

We believe, I know I certainly do, and I think that many of you do also, that the American people deserve the best performance that agencies can provide.

We will really not tolerate, nor should we, inexcusable things like absenteeism that is undocumented, or poor productivity with no plan to increase it.