So I think it is an archaic rule that needs to be looked at, because its costs are wastefully spent.

It is not a really fun process to be able to go through to be able to answer so many questions.

I want to be able to comment on my colleague, Senator Portman, and some of the comments he has made about unemployment. My State is not one of those States yet that has made the decision to be able to end the additional unemployment…

A lot of our manufacturers here domestically are having a hard time getting labor.

So just giving away intellectual property does not solve the issue if the manufacturing does not have good oversight.

We want to know there is another market that is out there we can continue to pursue if other markets fall through.

I have had the privilege to represent the great State of Oklahoma and the people of Oklahoma, to be able to sit in multiple Presidential addresses in the House of Representatives Chamber. At that joint address that happened last night, I…

We have 2.6 million miles of pipeline across the country.

Are you confident in the security of the system as well?

The McGirt decision in the Supreme Court, obviously, is significant for all tribes, but especially for Five Tribes in Oklahoma, in particular.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate everyone's testimony; obviously an incredibly difficult season for everyone as we actually walk through the time of the pandemic.

Several of the tribes have asked, very point blank, is this new Administration going to step in and going to prevent us on tribal lands from being able to explore for energy?

That would be very helpful to be able to have the search capability in any office, because they could work from anywhere.

Let me ask Mr. Jones about how do we disrupt the flow of drugs coming across the border?

We are well over 1 million people in the asylum backlog, and as I mentioned before, we are 3 years before people will actually get to a court hearing.

The docket is actually very old and continues to be able to grow, and obviously with so many people that we have encountered in the last couple of months, it has accelerated dramatically.

The individuals who are coming to you in Phoenix, are these folks that are being delivered to you by Border Patrol, or how are they coming to you?

The current asylum system is not working the way that it is set up, and it has become an incentive.

I look forward to working with Senator Sinema and my colleagues to strengthen our border security.

I do look forward to working with you during the session, and I know your work ethic and the things that you take on.

At this point, for you and your organization, are you gearing up more staff? Are you gearing up more facilities?

when they are being given notices to appear these days, those notices are for 2 and 3 years down the road

But they are departing from you within 72 hours at that point?

This is a very serious issue that several of you have talked about--172,000 encounters last month, 172,000 and climbing.

I would say, in meeting with Border Patrol and CBP, they are very concerned that Title 42 authority will go away, and if that goes away, what will happen in the acceleration of additional individuals coming across the border?