At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones.

essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.

If ICE has nothing to hide, DHS must make its facilities available.

I am joined by my colleagues from Mississippi mourning the tragic loss of Mississippi's Hinds County Deputy Sheriff Martin Shields, Jr., a dedicated public servant who gave his life in the line of duty late Sunday night while responding to…

Like Hitler, Mussolini, and Saddam Hussein before him, Vladimir Putin should be called what he is: a dictator. Over the past 20 years, Putin has systematically ended free and fair elections, crushed independent media, quashed protests, and…

I include in the Record President Biden's Statement of Administration Policy opposed to H.R. 1516. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 1516--DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act--Rep. Pfluger…

This bill does not provide the Secretary of Homeland Security authority to issue a waiver from funding restrictions if it is in the interest of America's national security. Without this waiver, we just cannot get behind this bill. We need…

This bill does not ban China from influencing our institutions of higher education. It just makes universities choose between relationships with Chinese universities and the Department of Homeland Security funding. This bill will not stop…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Cline The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 249, nays 161, not voting 20, as follows: [Roll No. 408]…

I include in the Record a July 22 ``analysis'' article from the right-wing Wall Street Journal stating that the Vice President's role was narrow--and also successful. Notably, the article includes the following quote: ``Harris's job was…