I am anxious to do is to start recognizing Congress has certain prerogatives.

You know, my colleagues, you titled this hearing 'Biden's Border Crisis.' Even the title of the hearing is political.

We absolutely need to permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as a class I drug, but FRS has been emergency scheduled since 2018, and fentanyl overdoses have only increased.

It is important we convene here in Texas to shed light on the brutal and unsustainable conditions this President's administration has caused at our border.

As chairman, my top priorities are to ensure the people's House is open, accountable, transparent, professional, modern, and resilient.

I welcome you all to our first Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress.

I would like to congratulate Ranking Member Kathy Castor on her appointment to that post.

Is the Mexican Government capable of defeating those cartels on their side of the border?

Is the Mexican Government capable of defeating those cartels on their side of the border?

I wanted to let everybody know that while we didn't agree, he was a good friend and we served in the Virginia house before we served in this House together.

It is one of many steps we can take that empowers individual Members in trying to effect spending.