As a Government and as a Congress, we need to constantly be anticipating threats to the United States homeland...

We could be and should be working together in a bipartisan way to address the humanitarian crisis at the border.

It's not fair for municipalities to bear the cost.

Our Republican colleagues are trying actively to pass a budget that would force you to pick up the entire tab.

We do have a humanitarian crisis at the border and the way you deal with a humanitarian crisis is with humanity.

Yes, and on that, and I know you spoke to this earlier, but I think this is an important point, in addition to sourcing these critical minerals, we need to be focused on recycling them and using them efficiently because they are scarce.

There is a lot of political pressure around which minerals are on this list or not.

I have heard some of my colleagues from the other side intimate that because there are critical minerals found in clean energy development, that that means that we should pump the brakes on rolling out clean energy to reverse climate…

In order for the United States to remain competitive in this century, we must have access to a reliable supply of critical minerals.

Now, climate change is impacting our state's natural habitats, leaving our coasts more vulnerable to natural disasters, and contributing to significant biodiversity loss that is impacting our commercial fishing industry.

We know it is real. We know that it is impacting working people every day.

The American people want us to work together in a bipartisan way to solve the Nation's problems and to strengthen our security.

Democrats are prepared to work with Republicans. We have put our votes where our concerns have been.

This committee should be focused on how we can help the administration in those efforts. This should be bipartisan.

It is disappointing and the facts don't support it.

The notion that Secretary Mayorkas is working to advance cartel crime in America, as this hearing title suggests, is outrageous.

That diversity makes us strong, but it also says that our policies have to reflect that diversity.

As we prepare to consider the National Defense Authorization Act, it is vital that we continue robust support for the United States Navy's submarine program. In recent years, we have seen that the world is still a dangerous place…

I urge once again that we take climate change seriously.

The answer is clear: We have to build out clean, renewable energy that will reduce emissions.

It is unconscionable that many of our colleagues are trying to slow that progress.

We have a responsibility to act because we are one of the highest per capita emitters.

The data is clear. It is not even complicated.

Climate change is real. It is costing lives. It is costing jobs. It is costing money out of the pockets of working people. It is man-made. It must be reversed. And in order to do that, we need to phase out of coal.

The important work of the Council on Environmental Quality cannot be overstated. And the attacks on the Council are just another attempt, unfortunately, to put polluters over people.