Veronica Escobar: “It has been heartbreaking to see my State lead the way in eroding decades of gains in voting rights, civil rights, human…”

I want to shout out and thank you both.

I thank the ranking member for yielding me time. Let's talk about what is really happening here today. Housing costs are up. Groceries are up. Inflation is up. Donald Trump is threatening more tariffs, which means our costs will continue…

These are strike plans. There must be a broad investigation of how compromised our national security is because of their shocking incompetence.

This hearing is a very brazen effort to provide political cover to my Governor, Government Greg Abbott, who has unconstitutionally used State resources to try to impose the State's own immigration policies and laws.