Summer Lee

This, in fact, is a crisis that we cannot adequately describe by talking only about the staggering numbers of unlawful crossings at our Southern Border or by talking about the devastating economic impact or the failure to enforce our laws.

Back in my state of Nevada, Nevada-born and Nevada-based Redwood Materials is building a battery recycling facility near Reno that is creating 5,000 jobs and will be able to process enough recycled materials to supply a million EVs a year.

Companies like MP Materials are playing an absolutely essential role in securing our clean energy future and shoring up our strategic positioning in the critical minerals sectors.

As we transition to a clean energy economy, as well as the focus on hardrock mining, we are no strangers to these issues and stand to economically, of course, benefit tremendously from this transition.

Barriers to treatment disproportionately affect people of color, pregnant people, individuals with children, those in rural communities...

As a sexual assault survivor, many policies pushed today completely ignore my experiences and many women like me.

What’s bigoted and hateful is the discrimination against women and the efforts to erase women and our equal opportunities, dignity, and safe spaces.

By endorsing falsehoods and bullying tactics, Members of Congress are helping to promote a culture of discrimination.

Banning access to gender-affirming care would violate parents' due process rights, and the Federal Courts agree.

I strongly oppose any effort to impose ultra-conservative political or religious views on the medical decisions of American families.

I could not say it more clearly that our top priority is to defeat the cartels, and I believe that's what we have to do.

Convince the American people that you are fighting the cartels with every might that you might have.

What I would describe this as right now is a fight to save lives because we are losing Americans every single day.

Addiction is the bane of our existence, and that is a light word.

I know that their work is sincere. Their competence is at the highest level, and they fight every day to protect the American people from the scourge of drugs.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Let me submit into the record Texas Public Radio: 'More than 5 Texans die every day from fentanyl.'

I see nothing in the leadership of Director Milgram or President Biden that would suggest that there would not be an open and continuing investigation and abided by whatever the resolve is.

I would like to thank the Committee for holding this hearing and giving us an opportunity to discuss this health crisis because that is what addiction is, a health crisis.

In fact, at this time last year there was only one remaining boat launch open.

When the President established Avi Kwa Ame National Monument earlier this year in my district, he directed the Department of the Interior to evaluate opportunities to locate a visitor center or other visitor information facilities.

Yes, with Lake Mead being one of the most visited National Recreation Areas in the country, it was quite, let's just say, very disruptive to our economy and our community.

Is it not true that it would be necessary to know who they are and where they are to actually initiate removal proceedings from the United States?

That would be a yes or no, Secretary Mayorkas.

Do you know where those individuals are?

I want to suggest that immigration is a national and Federal authorized responsibility.