Political Quotes

“My amendment reduces the salary of Jonathan Davidson, the chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security, to $1. His salary last year was $158,500. With his new role, it will be at least $180,000. $180,000 for this guy, and he does nothing. In a short stint in his role, he has completely failed in upholding his mission, a complete dereliction of duty under his leadership at DHS with the invasion that is currently happening at our southern border. Just in his first month on the job, there were over 232,000 enforcement encounters at the southwest border. This is a 36.5 percent increase in traffic. Mr. Chair, 101,000 single individuals, with the majority of these persons being military-age males, were encountered at our border just in the month of August. This isn't effective leadership, and we need to hold DHS officials accountable. This guy needs to be unemployed. We have written DHS 15 times this Congress to conduct oversight over the board. Again, we request documents and information to understand the Biden administration's plans, if any. We never get anything. My point is this: This guy's salary needs to be reduced to $1 because that is all he is worth. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”