Mike McCaul

I believe any effective response to the regime's consolidation of power will have to involve supporting and securing space for civil society.

And I fought against that mightily in that timeframe, and I have legislation that I hope we can implement, H.R. 605, the Special Drawing Rights Oversight Act, which changes how the IMF awards special drawing rights and that we do not give…

And while we do not have, again, a voice or vote or board membership there, we can use our influence to press the governments that do, including Taiwan, to take significant action.

The U.S. can sanction those military and those former military members who are committing these crimes against humanity.

What is equally concerning to me and is less documented are the threats to the indigenous and Afro-Nicaraguan communities.

To me, it sounds so much like Putin. And we have an obligation to stand up and say that.

What we got is a Federal policy disaster, OK, that incentivized illegal migration instead of criminalized illegal migration.

An unsecured border is a problem. It's not just a Federal problem.

I equate the chemicals coming from mainly China as being the weapons. Then I equate the cartels as being the soldiers.

It is an abomination. It is despicable that people in Washington would set policy that would cause that to those men and women.

I would submit to you that it's two things, and your sector chiefs have told me what they are: No. 1, they're the policies, and those policies came from the promises the President made during his campaign.

You'd think, with so many Americans dying as fentanyl pours into our country, that Secretary Mayorkas would come up with something different than an app.

It is clear to me, in violation of the laws written by the U.S. Congress, passed and signed by previous Presidents, this Secretary of DHS wants nothing more than to flood the country with people.

Their place of duty is in this hearing because it is a full hearing. And they are not here. They are AWOL.

You'd think with the situation so dire, that the Democrats would at least show up for the committee hearing.

Because of the decisions, because of the incompetence, and because of the dishonesty of the Department of Homeland Secretary, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

It's clear to me, in violation to the laws written by the U.S. Congress, passed and signed by previous Presidents, this Secretary of DHS wants nothing more than to flood the country with people.

That's where they're asking for more money.

Why would Secretary Mayorkas want to do away with the Judiciary? Why would he want to subvert laws written by this body, the Congress?

The only thing that changed were 89 successful migration policies implemented by previous administrations, and I mean administrations, plural.

In just the 2 years of Secretary Mayorkas' reign at DHS, more people have come into this country than all of the 8 years of Barack Obama's Presidency and all 4 years of the Trump Presidency combined.

You can't have bipartisanship if the other side fails to show up for their duty.

To me, bipartisanship is where you sit down together and debate the issues and talk to try to find common ground and solutions.

Now, this was supposed to be a full committee, but as you can see, the Democrats are not here.

Many of you know that we passed the CHIPS and Science Act--close to my heart as a former member of the Science Committee--which invests $280,000,000,000 to increase domestic semiconductor production.