"Every crime committed by anyone who is here illegally is a completely preventable crime."
"We have scheduled the markup for impeachment articles at 10 o'clock AM ET on Wednesday, January 31, 2024."
"Mayorkas's passive aggressiveness about trying to schedule us is a smokescreen. That's all it is. And we're just not going to play that game."
"the Committee invites you to testify at an agreeable date and time during the week of October 23, 2023."
"I intend to schedule the Worldwide Threats hearing this fall, separate from the hearing I describe in my August 16th letter."
"I am offended by that. His closing remarks could have been made at a political rally. It is despicable to suggest that I would use the two of you as political stunts."
"I have invited Secretary Mayorkas on multiple occasions to testify on the border crisis--including this hearing today."
"Your testimony is vital to the Committee's oversight and to providing the American public with complete transparency and accountability."
"I have a duty under the Constitution to remove him."
"there have to be rights and due process afforded to the individual who is being impeached."
"The President has chosen to continue to keep an unworthy man in office, and it is now the duty of the House of Representatives to impeach Secretary Mayorkas and the Senate to remove him from office."