Nobody wants unaccompanied children to be abused, to be put in labor environments that are unhealthy.

This administration has to come to grips with the fact that their policies are failing miserably in this area.

I think it's broken, and I'd like to fix it.

Nobody wants unaccompanied children to be abused, to be put in labor environments that are unhealthy.

The policies of this administration, Mr. Chairman, are not working.

When it comes to stopping the problem, you're going to need immigration reform.

If you are really serious about countering China, and we all are, you have to show up, you have to show up and offer to people in the world an alternative to Belt and Road.

The policies of this administration, Mr. Chairman, are not working.

Nobody wants unaccompanied children to be abused, to be put in labor environments that are unhealthy.

I think it's broken, and I'd like to fix it.

If you are really serious about countering China, and we all are, you have to show up, you have to show up and offer to people in the world an alternative to Belt and Road.

I'm willing to help them do more. I'm certainly willing to punish them if they don't.

This noncontiguous policy is incentivizing this.

This administration has to come to grips with the fact that their policies are failing miserably in this area.

I yield my time to our next speaker, who is the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, but I just want to say one thing before she speaks. The Chief of Naval Operations said we need 373 ships manned and 150 unmanned platforms to…

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have been informed that shortly, the majority leader will come to the floor and announce his commitment and the Biden commitment to do a supplemental to make sure that the damage done by this bill is, at least, partially corrected. This…

Senator Cotton will be here in a second. A group of us are going to speak about this budget deal. If you believe that the No. 1 job of the Federal Government is to defend this Nation, then we have made a serious mistake in this bill. I…

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I just want to compliment Senator Cotton for reminding us what the job in Congress is, defending the Nation, and the odd outcome here is that at a time of growing conflict, we are reducing the Navy. There are 296 ships in the Navy today…

I want to echo what Senator Collins just suggested. How do you begin to turn this debacle around? You admit you have got a problem. It is pretty hard to quit drinking if you don't admit you have got a drinking problem. So what she is…

The Chinese Communist Party is facilitating the flow of the deadly fentanyl into our Nation through the Mexican cartels, leading to 70,000 American deaths.

If they all left tomorrow, what would happen to the agricultural community?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, it's been an interesting couple of days. Glad to be home. That's for darn sure.

We must work simultaneously to provide businesses with room for growth and opportunity here at home while also robustly responding to China's unfair practices globally.