Veronica Escobar

It would be interesting to follow, I think, to make sure that we understand, going forward, whether that is as efficient a process as needs to be.

It is just mind-boggling that it has taken the Federal Government this long really to do right by the people who are in our care or should be in our care.

I really appreciate that you are doing that, and that you are here to tell Congress that we need to do something.

I cannot imagine what you all have had to endure.

I personally blame extreme gerrymandering for that, where, you know, folks are able to pick their own districts.

I think there--and I don't think it needs to be an either/or proposition at all.

We are facing record generational drought that is eliminating our green valleys. We are living with record heat that is killing people.

The answer is to finally work together. And I hope that we come to a point where Democrats and Republicans alike can work together on renewable energy

We talk about the crisis that we are facing in Ukraine with a madman who has decided to invade a democracy and a friend

I hope that Governor Greg Abbott sends our National Guard home quickly, as soon as possible.

I really appreciate this shift in strategy and trying to get--to use intelligence to kind of prevent the issues before they arrive at our front door.

I am so incredibly proud of how Fort Bliss, how our service members, and our leadership responded during that time, and just continue to be proud of that.

It is deeply unfortunate that we have colleagues on the other side of the aisle who use opportunities for real solutions-based policy, use these opportunities instead for their performance politics.

The U.S. and her allies must continue to rally against the threats that we're seeing across the globe and work cohesively to deter and defend one another against aggression from adversaries.

We need that different approach immediately and we, indeed, need to meet this moment with urgency.

I'm proud that the United States currently has an administration committed to the transatlantic relationship and to leading the globe in defense of democracy with strength and integrity.

Our hearts are with the Ukrainian people, who are literally fighting for their lives, their country, and their values.

I join many of my colleagues who are local Texas elected officials in urging the state of Texas to expand interconnections to the Eastern and Western Grids.

Last year's Texas winter storm stemmed from extreme weather and the lack of electric grid investments like winterization of energy infrastructure.

Whether directly connecting to the grid as a resource, being paired with home solar panels to support system operation, or connecting to the grid as the engine in an electric vehicle, the quantity of energy storage on the electric grid is…

How can local governments work with utilities to advance environmental justice and how can the Federal government support that?

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to our witnesses. I represent the safe and secure border city of El Paso, Texas.

It is truly my hope that their concern about compassion and due process will be extended to the migrant population in our custody as well.

Our prison system has long failed to recognize the dignity of incarcerated people, the majority of whom are Black and Brown.

Refusing to establish an independent immigration court will result in us continuing to throw good money after bad while backlogs pile up.