Donald Trump, as always, has said the quiet part out loud when he said immigrants, and I quote, "are poisoning the blood of our country."

It's the American people that are paying the price of Republican inaction.

I encourage my colleagues that when the next opportunity comes to fund the Department, let's listen to the men and women who work in the Department who say they need the resources, and let's give it to them.

it is a simple request. It is in the rules, and we just want the rules to be followed.

It's far easier to demand impeachment. Instead of engaging in a good-faith effort to improve homeland security, House Republicans are more interested in giving interviews to FOX News.

It is hard to ignore the fact that the Senate is having bipartisan negotiations on the behalf of the Democrats and the Republicans to try and pass a bill or put together a bill that would address these issues.

Instead of wasting more time on a baseless impeachment, we should get back to the work of passing bills that will actually help solve problems.

Let's not forget that my Republican colleague forced their border bill, H.R. 2, through this committee without considering any Democratic input, resulting in a bill full of unworkable provisions that would create chaos on the Southwest…

H.R. 2, you talk about it in every response. What is your alternative to H.R. 2?

rule XI does not mention anything about having a Minority witness at any given hearing.

There is no Constitutional basis for impeaching Secretary Mayorkas.

House Republicans are pursuing a partisan impeachment effort that will achieve nothing.

There is no basis for impeaching Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, for the number of fentanyl deaths in the United States, he is neither a drug lord, nor trafficker of uncontrolled substances.

I call your attention to House rules that you have referenced my comments, that they were despicable. That is against House rules.

This isn't a policy difference. This is a matter of following the laws written by Congress and thus a matter of Constitutional significance.

Mr. Chairman, we all know that Secretary Mayorkas has been willing to appear before this committee. He is not running from anything.

It is clear from my earlier parliamentary inquiries that the Chairman has not established any due process or procedure for this sham of an impeachment.

Republicans are acting in bad faith. Unfortunately, that's nothing new.

Unfortunately, Republicans are willing to damage the Constitution they claim to hold dear because they think it will benefit them politically.

Secretary Mayorkas is a public servant charged with enforcing the laws of the United States, which include drug interdiction at borders.

What other conclusion can the American people draw but that House Republicans don't actually want to fix the problem on our Southern Border?

this committee cannot proceed to any marker. I know that you have long planned in which you committed to the Speaker and to a Member of this committee behind closed doors without a full hearing of the merits of impeachment.

Transnational repression is a relatively new term being attached to a substantial--but under-reported--common global practice.

Forced labor is a huge problem, obviously, for the people who are forced to do the labor.

Republicans are acting in bad faith.