Stephanie Bice

And I also want to thank Congresswoman Bice for the Subcommittee on Modernization in the House Administration Committee for setting up space in the Longworth Building.

I think the Subcommittee process is important, and that is especially true here as we consider bills that directly relate to our mission to improve and modernize the institution.

I am pleased that we are joined today by Robert Newlen, CRS' interim director.

I fully recognize the work CRS analysts do to support Congress. That work is invaluable.

Fentanyl-related deaths in Oklahoma have increased by nearly 500 percent over the past few years.

Since President Biden took office and under the guidance of Secretary Mayorkas, over 8.2 million illegal immigrants have crossed the Southern Border into the United States.

One can only imagine how much fentanyl is making it across our porous border and not being seized.

It is the foremost duty of Government to protect its citizens against the harm to one's life, liberty, and property.

Back in August, my home State Governor Kevin Stitt said the fentanyl-related deaths in Oklahoma have increased by nearly 500 percent over the past few years.

It is important to highlight that just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal.

These numbers alone speak for themselves that the United States does not have operational control of our border.

Since President Biden took office and under the watch of Secretary Mayorkas, over 8.2 million illegal immigrants have crossed the Southern Border into the United States.

They could prove that they are not hiding anything and not stockpiling weapons by providing the report that I requested. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack).

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000) (increased by $5,000)''. The Acting…

The mission of this Subcommittee, building upon the work of the Select Committee, is to continue to examine ways to strengthen Congress to make it a more effective, efficient, and transparent institution for the American people.

It provides essential nonpartisan, fact-based analysis, and expertise across a wide range of issues to support Congress in our legislative and oversight duties on behalf of the American people.

I would love to put you in charge of some agencies that need help.

We, through these policies that Democrats have passed in the last two years, are becoming more and more and more reliant on China.

Americans are already paying for their own inflation. Their wages have gone up by over $5,000, but inflation has eaten away over $8,000.

We can't continue down the road that we have been going over the last couple of years.

The debt ceiling is tied to spending. That is why we are in the position we are in, because we keep writing checks that the government can't cash.

Seems to me that Democrats care more about climate change than kids.

The EPA's proposed rule will have a devastating impact on the future viability of those businesses.

This budget shows the President is out of touch and doesn't care.

There has been no legislation filed to suggest that Social Security benefits are going to be cut. I find it disingenuous to speak to such thing.