Mayorkas was lying when he said he had operational control of the border. And the fentanyl is killing Americans.

The homeland, our homeland, faces an unprecedented crisis along our Southwest Border.

We should be doing a heck of a lot more. We should be making them pay for what they are doing to us.

It is disappointing to me that already I hear not all and not most, but a few Members using their time to take shots at the other side.

Our Federal Government must put forward a real and honest effort into curbing these epidemics, before more innocent American lives are lost.

My hope is that this committee will work together on a bipartisan basis to enact smart policies to protect Americans.

Make no mistake, this crisis is a direct result of Secretary Mayorkas' open borders policies, policies he began implementing on Day 1.

Our colleagues across the aisle must acknowledge the humanitarian tragedy at our borders and the increasing threat that the Mayorkas border crisis places on every Congressional district in this Nation.

Under President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas, every State is a border State.

No parent should have to go through what Rebecca and these other parents went through.

Make no mistake: this crisis is a direct result of Secretary Mayorkas' Open Borders policies.

This crisis threatens the safety of all American families, no matter where they live in the United States.

Honestly, we could just use more funding for resources, getting our guys out on the streets.

Over 100,000 Americans probably per year are dying of fentanyl. Now, can you imagine if a foreign adversary came across the border every single day, killed 200 Americans, and then scurried back, you know, across the border, how we would…

The committee will come to order.

Our biggest frustration stems from being told by this administration and the media that there is not a crisis at our Southern Border, and the lie that our Southern Border is secure.

The Mayorkas border crisis is enriching cartels and human traffickers.

The leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45 years old is now fentanyl.

We could use drones. We could use some of these--the, I'm not sure, the thermometer--the thermal machines that actually read the thermal of the vehicle.

I have here a photo of 232 pounds of fentanyl seized inland, missing the ports of entry.

While touring the El Paso port of entry, we witnessed a car attempting to smuggle illicit narcotics into the homeland.

We should raise it. We must. It is easy.

there's no reason why having an accounting, having transparency reported to Congress who writes the check is a bad thing.

everybody who has said those things today as reasons not to support certainly supported legislation in this committee made by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and she made anti-Semitic comments, horrible comments.

Accountability and actually getting stuff to our friends to fight their war are two completely different things.