"I hope this committee will use this time, as it did in the last two Congresses, to improve the Department of Homeland Security's emergency response and recovery capabilities."
"This isn't serious border oversight. That much is obvious to anyone who actually understands oversight of the border."
"Republicans are threatening to cut funding for critical border security operations, which would create chaos at the border."
"They want a wedge issue, not solutions. They want to distract from their own in-fighting and obvious inability to govern."
"This isn't serious border oversight--that much is obvious to anyone who actually understands oversight or the border."
"Instead of working with Democrats to avert a Government shutdown, Republicans are squabbling amongst themselves and holding show hearings."
"A lot of the crops we raise depend on immigrant labor, and that labor comes and produces significant positives for farmers and ranchers in the community."
"I would love to hear someone, anyone on the other side condemn the Governor of Florida for spending taxpayer money..."
"We all remember learning about the SolarWinds intrusion in December 2020, which highlighted how vulnerable Federal agencies were to foreign espionage campaigns and how outdated our Federal network cyb..."
"Fortunately, upon taking office shortly after the SolarWinds incident, President Biden quickly took critical actions to modernize our cyber defenses."
"I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how CISA can continue to improve the CDM program, including how it can gain visibility into operational technology, a priority for me."
"The Republican Majority is unfortunately engaging in partisan politics, again, with today's hearing."