"It is, to me, obvious anecdotally and from talking to my local law enforcement, that people who are here illegally are committing crimes and serious crimes--rapes, that sort of thing--which is horrific."
"I hope within the next few months, we are able to deal with this crisis and realize that you cannot be taking in 1.5 million or 2 million new people, 3 million new people every year, without fundament..."
"The Biden-Harris Administration's refusal to secure the border and, instead, allow millions of poorly vetted aliens from all over the world to be released is not without cost, both human and economic."
"When I go down there, I frequently talk to the people who are in charge of debriefing or doing a health inspection on the new immigrants."
"This crisis did not result from lack of authority. The Biden Administration has all the tools it needs to end this crisis."
"The Biden-Harris Administration's open border policies have led to the worst border crisis in American history, by a mile."
"The IRS and Treasury Department have finalized prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for certain incentives contained in the Inflation Reduction Act."
"I think it is embarrassing that we are getting to the point. The hatred of diversity is so intense that they cannot say we want to expand the government by all jobs."
"Sometimes members of the other party, they get so used to talking about union jobs, it implies nobody in Congress cares about non-union jobs."
"Any studies indicating PLAs increase the overall cost of public construction projects?"
"They are weaponizing the IRS and the tax system to develop more union jobs and unionized contractors."