Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 577. ____________________

I certainly appreciate my distinguished colleague and am always there to work together in a bipartisan fashion to try to fashion something. She is right. It is long overdue for Congress to address this situation, but unfortunately, this is…

I don't want to make any arguments other than to say that I urge a ``no'' vote on this, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs). The…

I believe we are on the bipartisan en bloc amendment. To that point, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner) for an encore performance on another amendment.

The amendment before you seeks to strike a provision in the bill that requires the prioritization of detention and appropriate GPS monitoring technology for aliens going through immigration proceedings. As we continue to see record levels…

This bipartisan en bloc amendment before you is comprised of 23 amendments offered by my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. This en bloc contains proposals that would strengthen the underlying bill, and I want to highlight just a few…

The amendment offered by the gentleman from California is well-meaning, but ultimately misguided. We are averaging nearly 10,000 encounters at the southern border on a daily basis, near record levels. My bill addresses the challenge by…

I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that…

I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Correa). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair…

I thought we were here to talk about the Homeland Security appropriations bill, and I look forward to having further discussion and reviewing these amendments. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. All time for general debate has…

This amendment seeks to strike several provisions that are crucial to ending the open border crisis that this administration has created. While I have heard it just portrayed as somehow being cruel and being done by names that are called…