I think it's more of a case of reconfiguring how the data is presented so we can't have an accurate view.

While we have much to talk about regarding the broad scope of the Department of Homeland Security, from cyber to disaster response to transportation security, discussions these days are rightly dominated by the crisis at the southern…

There's a big uproar in our state and we've already sent you a letter.

the more people that come in puts more money in the hands of the cartels which allows them to up their ability to have a more robust drug trade.

An aggressive use of transfer and reprogramming authority can harm the department's wide-ranging and so very important priorities.

I know I'm probably over time, but just as an example, the Huntington VA is over Charleston.

Today we should also talk about the work the department is doing to protect the homeland from two other threats.

You've put a lot of stock in this in your six-point plan that this is going to have a great effect of expediting the asylum claims and the removal.

I think that we can deliver again this year and I'm grateful to begin that work with this important hearing.

Recently we saw nearly 10,000 illegal border crossings in one day.

These are very sensitive issues to Americans who believe fundamentally in the right to freedom of speech.

My state has the highest percentage per capita of deaths by overdose from opioids.

I'm asking you right now will you commit to providing to this committee within 30 days all the raw data behind this report.

Last year at this time there were those who said the numbers at the southern border were merely a seasonal surge, but the numbers have only continued to get worse.

Can it be changed? Is it like a BRAC where you come back with another final recommendation?

I mean, I would anticipate isn't the law that if you are denied a claim that you would be removed from the country?

deterrence is something that I don't think you've placed enough emphasis on.

Right now the greatest present threat we face as a nation is domestic terrorism and no one should forget how close we came in this place to a mass atrocity over a year ago.

The Administration failures at the border threaten the work of the rest of the department.

Today proves, again, the ability of this Committee to develop bipartisan infrastructure legislation that addresses the needs of our members and the communities they represent.

I am very proud that we are here with our WRDA legislation today.

We are not happy about the geopolitical situation, we are happy we got more miners to work.

It's sent all the gates toward close.

I am very proud that I supported the nomination of Christopher Williamson to be the Assistant Secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

I just wanted to begin with expressing my deep concern about the flow of fentanyl into the country, from the southern border.