Testified before the House Oversight and committee. Just over anis hour. Hour. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held up, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along quickly. Every time i have to stop and the police have to address issues like that, that just slows us up. I would also remind all members to avoid engaging in any adverse personal references. I now rec
The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee. We are convening to hear the testimony of acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Mcaleenan. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held un, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along quickly. Every time i have to stop and police have to address issues lik
A couple of items for you all at the top. There were some good questions yesterday about the status of infrastructure law implementations. I want to bring you updates that are hopefully helpful to all of you. In the 79 days since that bill was signed, our team has hit the ground running to provide resources to help localities unlock resources so no committee is left behind. That includes over 50 billion to states for highways and roads, 14 billion for 500 army corpss projects, 500 million to states for bridges, 3 billion to repair and rebuild over 3000 airports, 1 billion to support superfund cleanup, and 230 9 billion in Port Infrastructure development grants. This is just the beginning, we will do our best to provide you all updates on the status of these funds. State, local, tribal and territorial governments will receive over 90 of funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild their communities. We mentioned yesterday about this large guidebook we had put out to provide
A couple of items for you all at the top. There were some good questions yesterday about the status of infrastructure law implementations. I want to bring you updates that are hopefully helpful to all of you. In the 79 days since that bill was signed, our team has hit the ground running to provide resources to help localities unlock resources so no committee is left behind. That includes over 50 billion to states for highways and roads, 14 billion for 500 army corpss projects, 500 million to states for bridges, 3 billion to repair and rebuild over 3000 airports, 1 billion to support superfund cleanup, and 230 9 billion in Port Infrastructure development grants. This is just the beginning, we will do our best to provide you all updates on the status of these funds. State, local, tribal and territorial governments will receive over 90 of funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild their communities. We mentioned yesterday about this large guidebook we had put out to provide
Good morning everybody. Norm hi we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you sir for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crises thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rain and control. Unfortunately over the last two years this terrifying model has become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assault across t