James Lankford

That proposal was universally not accepted because it actually opened the border up more.

It is a major issue to us, just to be able to get facts and data.

This is not a partisan issue. This is just a congressional issue.

Help us with the facts and figures on that, because right now it is our understanding that a very small percentage of people are actually given ankle bracelets.

Obviously we have hundreds of thousands, up to millions of people that are current in the country awaiting a hearing, that are traveling at will around the country right now, that we do not know the criminal history of those individuals…

We have a best guess here, about 600,000 migrants who have yet to receive a notice to appear.

Thank you. Secretary Mayorkas, thank you again for being here.

But then that could be used for other things at this point. But the detention numbers should be at epic levels, a historic number.

Yes, it is a very broken system.

This is clearly not working in the process.

The numbers continue to climb, total numbers.

The numbers you know well, of the dramatic increase in the number of people crossing our border, without lawful authorization to be able to do so.

What I would like today is the assurance that you are going to give us any information we ask related to the origins of COVID.

I have been in the Senate 8 years. Every single year I hear the IRS has legacy hardware and software.

It is a major issue to us, just to be able to get facts and data.

This is not a partisan issue. This is just a congressional issue.

We have a best guess here, about 600,000 migrants who have yet to receive a notice to appear.

Yes, it is a very broken system.

The numbers continue to climb, total numbers.

The numbers you know well, of the dramatic increase in the number of people crossing our border, without lawful authorization to be able to do so.

What I would like today is the assurance that you are going to give us any information we ask related to the origins of COVID.

That proposal was universally not accepted because it actually opened the border up more.

Help us with the facts and figures on that, because right now it is our understanding that a very small percentage of people are actually given ankle bracelets.

The detention numbers should be at epic levels, a historic number.

This is clearly not working in the process.