Dan Crenshaw

I look forward to working with you and serving with you on this very important subcommittee on disaster preparedness response and recovery.

As you know, we suffered through Hurricane Harvey, dumped over 33 trillion gallons of rain over us.

Just because you might want to cut down on something that is not benefitting the American people, that you are now anti-science or anti-health care.

The federal government told me I should get on that. The military told me I should get on that program.

One of the things that we have been most frustrated with the Army Corps is how slow they are with many of the projects.

I want to commend y'all for putting paid family leave in there. I think Republicans need to come up with a conservative, sustainable solution to that.

I wish we could have an honest conversation, and I wish people would understand why we might want to reform some of these programs.

There is a backlog of about $100 million for infrastructure investment. In places like Houston, we care a great deal about that.

There is a key difference in how we view spending and where it should occur.

There is this belief that it always has to be solved at the federal level, always.

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Crenshaw moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the…

This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Much has been made of election security as of late, much of it for good reason. In the end…

We must be willing and able to welcome visitors and trade into this country, but also have the capability to turn away those who seek to enter the country illegally.

It is an honor to serve with you as Ranking Member on this subcommittee.

Do walls work? Madam Secretary, would you agree that there is 3 parts to security--personnel, technology, and barriers?

Those are direct results of the fact that our asylum laws are taken advantage of, those are direct results of the fact that that woman in my office was allowed to walk straight across the border.

Walls work, yes, sir, as evidenced.

Unfortunately, the now cynical view that I am not so sure we all agree on that, that we all value the rule of law and value the ability to manage our border effectively.

Would you agree that if we were to put more resources at ports of entry... would that dramatically reduce these illegal crossings?

Would you agree that our asylum process is completely taken advantage of?

It is a question of whether the government should be taking more of your money or whether you should keep more of your money.

Thank you both for being here and giving your testimony. I think we have made some important strides in streamlining this program.

The role of government is to protect the God-given rights that we have and to ensure that we live as free as possible.

There is more money in the pockets of the people. That is the reality, okay? Not imagination.

I thank the gentleman for setting this up and for having me speak here today. I rise today to address the urgent issue of border security. There are two elements to the border debate. One is political, and one is policy. The political…