Anthony D'Esposito

I first want to begin by thanking Chairman Higgins and Ranking Member Correa for so kindly allowing today's hearing to be a joint hearing with the Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee.

As I am sure we would all agree, human trafficking is an evil which should be eradicated.

Criminals target vulnerable people, and traffickers, as economically motivated criminals, are going to target the people that are easiest in their mind to coerce and control.

no one comes to this great nation in search of the American dream to live in a shelter with thousands of others on Floyd Bennett Field.

The answer is securing our border. The answer is not migrant shelters at our National Parks.

moving migrants to Floyd Bennett Field is not a solution, it is a problem.

We need to secure our borders because our secure borders means a secure nation.

Stop with your open borders. You are going to crush our city.

I am proud to co-sponsor a bill introduced by fellow New Yorker, Congresswoman Malliotakis, H.R. 5283, Protecting Our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023.

I argued that nobody, nobody, risks their lives coming into this country, crossing our Southern border, leaves their families behind and risks their lives for the American Dream, to live in an empty warehouse hanger at JFK Airport.

We must find solutions to the migrant crisis. The answer is securing our border.

I am proud to co-sponsor a bill introduced by my fellow New Yorker, Representative Nicole Malliotakis, H.R. 5283.

The NYPD works each and every day to keep New Yorkers and our millions of visitors safe, and they need each and every resource that they get to make sure they continue that mission.

Moving migrants to Floyd Bennett Field is not a solution, it actually furthers the problem.

First, I recognize some of the comments from my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman) when he asked what has changed. What has changed is that there are an additional 13 charges in an indictment with a campaign treasurer…

We need to increase our defense at home, and that includes securing our Southern Border.

When you have Ivy league professors saying publicly that they felt exhilarated by the images coming out of Israel, 'exhilarated' is not the word I would use to describe the decapitation of babies.

While I appreciate the eloquent remarks from my colleague from Connecticut, I am from New York, and today we ask ourselves a very basic question: Are we voting and supporting to keep the United States of America open to make sure our…

Just over 3 hours ago, we walked onto this floor with a plan and an opportunity to make sure that our government continues to work. Instead of moving that plan forward, we have spent the last hour hearing from a Member on the other side of…

Today is September 27, 2023, and because of the dereliction of duty of Secretary Mayorkas and the Biden administration, this Nation is under siege. We have record numbers of migrants coming into this country, estimated at 10,000 a day that…

I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of Ms. Malliotakis. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following…

I am glad to see that we are all looking for solutions to the failed policies of Joe Biden. What we are focused on today is the fact that military installations, our national parks, like Floyd Bennett Field, where military operations…

There is no question, from everything we have heard today and hearings that we have had across Capitol Hill over the last months, that President Biden's failed immigration policies, his dereliction of duty, alongside Secretary Mayorkas…

They never thought they were going to come into this country and that American dream was going to be living in a vacant hangar at JFK Airport.

He said that this issue, the migrants coming into New York City could 'destroy New York.'