Tony Gonzales

I think if our President and our Vice President also had a chance to go down and see this in person, they would hear that directly from them as well.

I think it is ludicrous that you are saying comprehensive and deliberate strategies since January of 2021, and yet here we are, with a worsening and compounding crisis at our southern border.

I think this is a direct result, the compounding that we are seeing at our southern border of this problem, of this Administration's policies.

We need commonsense solutions that deter illegal immigration, not policies that encourage more of it.

This Administration needs to stop their failed policies and start securing our border.

Illegal crossings like ones Specialist Evans encountered have skyrocketed under this Administration.

I represent 42 percent of the southern border.

We are seeing the chaos on the border. We are seeing the chaos on the nation. And there has never been a time more chaotic than there has been during this administration.

I was pleased to read last week that Lackland Air Force Base will host Space Force's first all-guardian boot camp class next month.

I would love to take a visit to Laughlin Air Force Base, so, you know, let's coordinate.

Quality of life is--it is operational. You know, it absolutely transitions over to operation readiness.

I want to make sure that--I understand the fourth mission. I support the fourth mission. I think all that is fantastic. I just want it to be transparent in what we are doing, so we can make sure that resources aren't diverted from the…

I just want to reiterate what the chairwoman said. It is great that we are putting resources towards it, but it would be even more powerful for us to see exactly where those resources are going to ensure that, like you mentioned, every…

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Secretary, Mr. Secretary, for being at this hearing.

It is wrong to raise rent on a single parent when she is not even in her home; you know, she is in a hotel due to no fault of her own.

What I hear from not only my constituents... they don't feel as if they have a voice.

Every servicemember has a housing story, everyone.

I appreciate the testimony from the panel. And what you will find is this committee is committed to solving this issue.

If this doesn't make you mad and make you want to take to the streets, I don't know what will.