While artificial intelligence and cybersecurity will remain important elements defending the country, these are not just technological issues but critical civil and human rights issues as well.

We treat everybody the same. It doesn't matter where they come from.

I want to make sure that our friends from the Asian communities are not mischaracterized or misunderstood by who they are and what they are doing.

I really think that as part of a Committee on Homeland Security we have an obligation to really bring our immigration laws into the 21st Century and do it in a bipartisan manner.

I believe that we as a Nation, particularly a Nation of immigrants, have an obligation to bring our immigration system into the 21st Century so that we can live up to the creed of our Nation.

It is only a tiny fraction of border crossers who are coming from China.

The typical reason is the same as for most migrants, for work or a better life.

Just 700 miles from our border, the Nation of Haiti is facing an unprecedented crisis. Gangs control their capital city, Port-au-Prince, and every-day citizens are being terrorized by brutal murderers and kidnappings.

People don't choose to leave their families and communities, their culture, their language on a whim. Most often people leave because their very lives are at stake.

We are here today because Republicans are demagoguing and exploiting the xenophobic and white supremacist ideologies that are fueling the immigration debate in this Nation.

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. I rise today on behalf of the people of the Ninth District of New York, the Clarke family, and myself to remember a true gentleman from New Jersey, the honorable and incomparable…

I am deeply disturbed by Congresswoman Greene's attacks on HIAS, originally known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aids Society.

Federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in Federal elections and there is absolutely zero evidence that there is significant violations of that law.

You should have received a letter or have been CC'd on a letter regarding the concern about individuals being returned at this stage who could be sent into harm's way.

Republicans efforts to make it harder to vote will disenfranchise low-income and minority voters and will do nothing to make our elections more secure.

Will you commit to working with me and this committee to reauthorize the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program?

It is my hope that this committee will work together to extend the vital program so we can build our initial investment.

I rise on this day to help shed light on an escalating crisis 700 miles from the shores of Florida. That crisis is in the island nation of Haiti. I thank my colleagues for anchoring this evening's Special Order hour as part of our mission…

I need more people in my district just for redistricting purposes.

Republicans have a choice. They can continue to pursue this sham impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas, which will change nothing.

But that isn't the only time Republicans have opposed resources to secure our border.

I rise on this day to celebrate the extraordinary life of my dear brother and friend, Dr. John Louis Flateau, who was laid to rest this past Wednesday. Dr. Flateau, a beloved scholar and public servant, dedicated his life to championing…

Jen Easterly never recommended regulating cognitive infrastructure.

In order for the Coast Guard to plan appropriately for the years and decades ahead, the service must maintain an understanding of climate change.

Let me again thank you all for all of your service, your hard work, your dedication, and your testimony here today.