Virginia Foxx: “This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security is marking up Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security…”

“This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security is marking up Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his stark dereliction of duty at our Nation's southern border. I believe that Secretary Mayorkas deserves to be impeached for his failures, and my intention is to vote in favor of his impeachment. That said, it is because of House Republicans' commitment to restoring regular order that we have now reached this critical juncture. Regular order has allowed the Homeland Security Committee to conclude its investigation into Secretary Mayorkas and move at an expedited pace in its consideration of these Articles of Impeachment. It is well known that I voted to refer the impeachment process to this committee. Regular order can and should be followed, especially on such an important issue as this. What has come to light now is that the vote to refer these articles to the Homeland Security Committee expedited the process by giving that committee sole jurisdiction over the articles. That vote gave us the quickest possible timeline to move these Articles of Impeachment to the Senate where a conviction can and should be affirmed. We must also acknowledge that regular order has also preserved precious taxpayer dollars that would have otherwise been wasted if the Committee's investigation had been immediately cut short. Mr. Speaker, while we are on the topic of the southern border, let me address the Senate's secret border deal.…”