You stopped Texas from buying border wall?

You find these loopholes, and you are missing the objective, the overall objective of securing the border by finding these little legal loopholes to get out of things.

there has been a lot of non-transparency in delivering on those plans when it comes to FOIA requests.

We have more illegal entries. We have terrorists coming across our border. And the fentanyl coming across our border has increased.

Last year we were told that we were going to plus up the budget, and because of it, we would be able to secure our border.

I will just say I am coming to this conversation, this is my first hearing

Thank you, and welcome. I am new to the committee, so it is great to be here with you.

I have been here in D.C. long enough to know some of that is a little self-dealing that is going on politically.

But isn't that a solution of the marketplace to--you know, if a business is having a problem finding workers, then it is behooves them to adjust their practices and how they address their own noncompetes.

Are you familiar with The Wall Street Journal report that came out in--I think it was August of last year?

It is certainly a concern that is worth looking into.