Rob Portman actually said...

"We have had a large increase, relatively speaking, in the number of people who we find on the Terror Watch List who are coming across our Southwest Border."

"If confirmed you will be doing something very important which is to serve the people of D.C. but also get the backlog down and deal with a public safety crisis."

"At the beginning of this year there were more than 10,000 criminal cases pending. That is more than double the number from 2020."

"D.C. is experiencing a crime surge. There have been over 200 more armed robberies this year than last year at this time."