Political Quotes

“My amendment reduces the salary of Kristie Canegallo, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, to $1. A little background on who she is: She has served as Chief of Staff at DHS since January 2022. She recently took on the role of Deputy Secretary in July of this year. Her job is to oversee the agency and work to advance the Department's mission and organizational priorities. Her salary in 2022 was $183,100. As stated, her job is to oversee and enforce the mission of DHS, which is to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values. Dereliction of duty, as this is simply not the case. She is the number two individual at DHS. Her job is to assist the priorities of Mayorkas in securing our homeland, our values, and our people. She has simply been asleep at the switch and has not done the job. Our homeland is less secure now than it was when she came into this role. In her first year in her role at DHS, over 2.76 million illegal individuals crossed the border. These were just the ones that they came in contact with. In addition, 1.4 million individuals have been encountered, according to DHS, since January 1 of 2023. We are witnessing an invasion of our homeland before our very eyes, and my Democratic colleagues are acting like it is a normal Wednesday with business as usual. Is this effective leadership? No, it is not. This is a crisis in this country. This is an invasion. It is against our Constitution.…”