Brian Higgins

It is critical now more than ever for Members of Congress to come together with one voice to advocate against President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas' reckless policies.

The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol acknowledged in his testimony that we do not have operational control of the Southern Border.

According to Customs and Border Protection data, drug smuggling across the Northern Border has increased by nearly 600 percent since fiscal year 2021.

Since President Biden has taken office, there has been nearly a 15-fold increase in northern land border encounters.

We need to have a border... that is safe and secure. But we cannot characterize our Northern Border and our northern neighbors as hostile.

the proximity to our unsecured Northern Border with Canada is increasingly becoming a liability as the effects of the Biden administration's disastrous immigration and border security policies become a part of my constituents' everyday…

We need each other. We have all kinds of examples of that in Buffalo and Western New York.

The United States and Canada have a unique and special relationship.

I urge you to push the Department to work with Canada to end the NEXUS backlogs that have piled up due to bureaucracy.

Under President Biden's failed leadership, our borders are less secure and our communities are at risk.

I am committed to making sure that as we proceed in appropriations, I am on the authorizing this committee that we work very hard to ensure funding for the needs of our border patrols, our CBP, some of the physical infrastructure.

America is suffering because of the inattentiveness and inactions taken by this administration.

Let's not compromise our relationship with our northern neighbors who have been good neighbors.

President Biden's open border policies and Secretary Mayorkas' refusal to enforce our Nation's laws have jeopardized national security at the U.S.-Canada border.

It is unacceptable that people who are hired on the Northern Border... are forced to go to the Southern Border.

There should be a dedicated Northern Border infrastructure fund to pay for improvements to land ports of entry.

Fentanyl is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States, taking more lives each year than car accidents, suicide, heart disease, or cancer.

Four-and-a-half million illegal entries into this country. That doesn't count the people that came through the right way.

I oppose efforts to expand temporary duty travel. These assignments take officers away from their families and community for extended periods of time.

We have defined operational control in this bill based on the oversight work of the committee.

Today, fentanyl is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States, taking more lives each year than car accidents, suicide, heart disease, or cancer.

Only two Republicans currently serving in the entire House of Representatives voted for that bill.

I hope we can all remember that shared humanity.

the Biden budget, if it does one thing that is clear and compelling, it is investing in the growth of the American economy.

the responsible thing to do is to come up with a budget that people can live with but can also help grow the economy.