Henry Cuellar

They were able to treat the migrants with respect and dignity, but at the same time, when the law said you have got to send them back, they sent them back.

Do asylum officers take that in consideration where their fear could have been taken care of in country A, B, C, or D?

It is not a matter of how do we control the border, but how do we manage the border.

I appreciate your work on the strategic plan, number one.

I think it will be key to get the other 60 percent of the Border Patrol folks out in the field to do Homeland.

I would like to get your thoughts on this plan for restoring the joint task force.

I passed the legislation to modernize the performance results legislation that President Clinton and Al Gore had set up in the 1990s.

I just asked my friends down there in the Rio Grande Valley and it is about the same, 50 to 60 percent of the Border Patrol agents are in the processing centers and not out in the fields.

The Border Patrol Sector Laredo... has 60 percent of the Border Patrol that are not in the field.

Just to give you an idea, just 2,000 individuals in one day in one part.

I live on the border. Like I always say, I don't come visit for a few hours; I live here.

The committee is a big supporter of the USDA's Reconnect Program to help the rural and the underserved communities.

The congressman will fully cooperate in any investigation.

I want to thank Mr. Deutch for yielding and for his strong leadership on this issue, and I certainly want to thank my classmate, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, for bringing this bill to the floor, plus all of the Members in a bipartisan way, I…

I want to thank Representative Jackson Lee for her leadership in this effort to make sure that we protect not only other diplomats, but our agents that work overseas. I also want to thank Mr. Michael McCaul, one of my co-leads on this, Mr…

I thank the chairwoman for her leadership, and the ranking member, also. Mr. Speaker, today we honor our fallen servicemembers to award them with this Congressional Gold Medal. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation, H.R. 5142…

It`s not going to be 3.5, maybe 2 instead of 3.5. So he set that. And then the other thing he basically said we need to pass both.

I want to thank Chairwoman DeLauro for yielding to me, along with her staff for working on these seven bills, along with the ranking member, Kay Granger. Even though I know we do have some differences, I know we will also get together…

He agreed on the right to vote. It`s a very fundamental right. And working together, we`re hoping that we can find a pathway forward to protect the voting rights of all Americans and protect our democracy.

We know that people are being sold or put into indentured servitude right here in our country and the cartels are active everywhere.

I want to thank you all for the service.

I want to know what is the latest on Lackland Air Force Base? Where is it on the priority? What are the next steps?

I want to follow up on what my colleague, Mr. Ryan, and I have been talking about is, on that HBO, I know you all are going to put that information together, but make sure, as the chairwoman said, that you all tell us what different higher…

I also want to focus on developing the utilization of human performance optimization across and throughout the military services.

I think your capacity or your abilities are not being utilized effectively.