Jeff Van Drew

I expect to hear more today on the Commandant's progress on the directed actions from the Accountability and Transparency Review.

I want to ensure that enough funds are provided to complete this project entirely. It is an important project.

Although Training Center Cape May is such a vital piece of shoreside infrastructure through the Coast Guard, many facilities are in urgent need of repair.

Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 219. ____________________

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 1822. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is granted. ____________________

What makes today truly historic is the legal establishment of the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace. It is a real big deal for south Jersey, but it is also a real big deal for the United States of America. The…

Thirty-nine million for the William J. Hughes Technical Center infrastructure sustainment.

This year's FAA reauthorization includes provisions that will codify South Jersey's William J. Hughes Technical Center, thereby making it permanent.

I request the committee match these levels by providing the following funds from the FAA facilities and equipment account: $23.4 million for the technical center laboratories.

Let's understand it. Let's not look at the shiny object. Let's look at the real world here. People on the terror watch list are in this country. We don't know where they are or who they are.

Let's be clear, when agencies delay or fail to comply with Congressional subpoenas, they're obstructing our ability to legislate and address the issues affecting the citizens we serve, period.

Any Americans that are watching this--and I don't how many are, to be honest with you--they don't want to hear that answer. They want to hear the answer that I want: Where are they? What are they doing? Are we safe? That's the real deal…

Yes, but initially we were told six months, and the answer is on 85 percent. That's such an egregious statement to make, this is just not sufficient, and that's why we actually put forward a subpoena to get the real information.

Larry Krasner, cops are in danger because of what he does.

It is against the law to rape. It is against the law to murder. It is against the law to beat people to death.

They are scared, and they are not only--let me just give the 1,000-pound elephant, or whatever. They are not all white.

I don't want us to lose what the focus of this hearing is, and we have to keep our eye on the ball.

They are afraid to do their job in Philadelphia. That is the issue we are talking about today.

Damn it, they are bad people. Let's face it. We have got to understand something in this world. There are good people and bad people.

Enforce the damn law. Is it complicated? We are trying to make it complicated but it is not. Enforce the law.

We really need to talk about what is happening in Philadelphia, and we need to talk about the policies in Philadelphia with this prosecutor.

There are more drugs and human trafficking at the hands of cartels at our border and more threats to our national security. Every day this President allows this crisis to continue, it becomes apparent to me--and this is harsh, but I…

Since day one in office, President Biden has chosen illegals over American citizens. We are now approaching 10 million illegal entries from individuals from all over the world, many parts of the world where they are our enemies such as…

I think that in these really frugal times... we perhaps could spend our money better.

I would urge the administration to stop spending money on those projects.