John Hoeven

But, to create good policy in the whole immigration area, we need to understand exactly what we are doing on the border.

I thank Chairman Hoeven for holding this hearing as well as his interest in SDPI.

And, it seems to me that that goes to the point the Chairman, our illustrious leader here, just made a minute ago.

I think you are making a strong point here.

That is a significant problem.

Yes, more coherence in the hiring process.

I would like to thank all three of you for the work your members do--and know how much we appreciate you and the hard job that you do.

What I would emphasize is this is a tool that is at your discretion.

Essentially, the Move America Program provides either a tax credit or tax exempt financing.

I have introduced legislation along with Senator Ron Wyden, called the 'Move America Program.'

The President said that he wants to do an infrastructure package, which I think is a great idea.

And, what is the draw?

Where is MS-13 drawing their ranks from? I mean, you talked about significant growth. Where are they drawing that growth from? Where is it coming from?

If unaccompanied alien children, particularly, say, young males in that 14 year old or 15 year old to 18 year old age bracket--if they are being released into the community, then does that not create a real concern that some of them may…

I would invite you to come up and see the technology.

I am talking terrorism, I am talking any--as you continue to secure the Southern border, it is going to create pressure in other places.

But, you would agree we need to do more on the Northern border as well, and what are those security measures?

It is very important that we have the resources.

For all the people of North Dakota, we thank Colt for his service, and we ask that God bless Colt Allery and his entire family. With that, Mr. President, I yield the floor. ____________________

Well, transparency is very important, and clearly this Administration wants to be creative and move forward on infrastructure.

Do you believe in the role as OMB Director you should help provide legal and regulatory certainty and that you should help encourage and empower investment in our economy and job growth?

Finding a way to do it and pay for it and get the economy growing. I think it all goes together.

Yes, we want to make sure people are covered right, but we want to do in a way that brings down costs, so the idea is to repeal and replace concurrently.

Perhaps the most important thing right now... let the people who are tasked to protect the border do the job.

It is very important that we give them all the help that we can.