I think personally, I would like to see us review projects like that before we cut personnel.

And as I have said before in previous hearings, we look forward to working with you collaboratively to make sure that we can do a better job out of Waco.

Mr. Secretary, I would also like to thank you for your service and what you describe as a very ambitious set of goals and agenda that is matched with the muscle necessary to implement it.

I think this decision was made in the context of some misinformation at the time about the availability of water in El Paso.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate your answer on the number of zeroscaped or cemeteries that are saving water.

Mr. Chair, I rise today in opposition to H. Con. Res. 25 and in support of the Van Hollen substitute. The majority has offered a budget that literally doubles down on the sequester. This would be a disaster for El Paso. It would mean twice…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce H.R. 1265, bipartisan legislation which would restore tuition assistance for men and women serving in the military. Earlier this month, the Department of Defense announced that the Army, Marine Corps…

El Paso, a border community, is among the safest in the Nation.

Let me ask, Acting Commissioner McAleenan, there is this a very legitimate concern that we not supplant Federal resources that should be obligated to border communities like ours, and instead, if we are going to contribute, it is a…

I want to commend the Chairwoman for her focus on this question of how we define border security...

I appreciate the ambition of getting to all claims under 125 days by 2015, but it really seems that there is a crisis in that Waco Regional Office.