Political Quotes

“Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green denied Secretary Mayorkas the ability to testify during the committee's sham impeachment ``investigation.'' Secretary Mayorkas, however, wrote the Chairman to set the record straight. I include in the Record the Secretary's January 30, 2024, letter to Chairman Green. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, January 30, 2024. Hon. Mark E. Green, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Green: On January 5, 2024, you sent a letter to me requesting that I again appear before the House Homeland Security Committee to provide testimony. I have testified before this Committee seven times. I agreed to testify again and asked to work with your staff to identify a mutually agreeable date. You did not respond to my request, changed course, and instead invited me to submit written testimony. Two days later, you issued a statement representing that every member of the Committee's majority already had rendered their decision. I respectfully submit this letter in response. The problems with our broken and outdated immigration system are not new. I assumed office in February 2021. Immigration cases concluded that year reportedly had been languishing in court for an average of 1,319 days. In 2010, that average was 347 days.…”