Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing concerning fiscal year 2025 in the budget request from the department of Homeland Security. Im calling this hearing to order. We will come secretary of Homeland Security, alejandro mayorkas, to just lie about the fy25 request. Thank you for being here on a busy day. Im looking forward to a lively discussion about the Budget Priorities for the coming year. Nothing is more important in our federal budget and supporting the 260,000 federal employees who spend every day defending our nation. I have reviewed the president s proposed budget. I support lots of it. Have questions about other parts, and i look forward to our subcommittees bipartisan work. I want to use the rest of my time here today to address two elements that linger in the room. First, this budget, even with this proposed increase is not enough to secure our border and manage the unusually high levels of immigration to the United States that started not in 2021 or 2022, but
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing concerning fiscal year 2025 in the budget request from the department of Homeland Security. Im calling this hearing to order. We will come secretary of Homeland Security, alejandro mayorkas, to just lie about the fy25 request. Thank you for being here on a busy day. Im looking forward to a lively discussion about the Budget Priorities for the coming year. Nothing is more important in our federal budget and supporting the 260,000 federal employees who spend every day defending our nation. I have reviewed the president s proposed budget. I support lots of it. Have questions about other parts, and i look forward to our subcommittees bipartisan work. I want to use the rest of my time here today to address two elements that linger in the room. First, this budget, even with this proposed increase is not enough to secure our border and manage the unusually high levels of immigration to the United States that started not in 2021 or 2022, but
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to todays hearing concerning fiscal year 2025 in the budget request from the department of Homeland Security. Im calling this hearing to order. We will come secretary of Homeland Security, alejandro mayorkas, to just lie about the fy25 request. Thank you for being here on a busy day. Im looking forward to a lively discussion about the Budget Priorities for the coming year. Nothing is more important in our federal budget and supporting the 260,000 federal employees who spend every day defending our nation. I have reviewed the president s proposed budget. I support lots of it. Have questions about other parts, and i look forward to our subcommittees bipartisan work. I want to use the rest of my time here today to address two elements that linger in the room. First, this budget, even with this proposed increase is not enough to secure our border and manage the unusually high levels of immigration to the United States that started not in 2021 or 2022, but
Mr. Gardner mr. President . The presiding officer the acting majority leader. Mr. Gardner i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 163 h. R. 720. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 163, h. R. 720 an act to improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents and so forth. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. Mr. Gardner i ask consent the committee reported substitute be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gardner i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 167 s. 1576. The presiding officer the clerk will report. Th
But there is a potential and we have participated in this way. And there are many online interest in these issues. So should there come a day when we can engage with them more transparently. And i think that the government has done some important things from their symbolic first few days in terms of reopening this investigation and trying to continue this from that. Including what others are taking in terms of procurement to try to constrain corruption. We talked about it quite openly and transparently. Its part of the speech in terms of what has to be done in afghanistan. Certainly in terms of appointing a rod range of ministers and governors, this is something that there is a common interest in. So we continued to do everything that we can to work with this and others in terms of the importance of their investigation and demonstrating their accountability and we will continue to do so. Im going to make just a quick note on that. And afghanistan is going from a fairly corrupt system t