i asked mr. mayorkas on another occasion, so my question to you, mr.u testifying as you center today that the southwest border is secure? his answer, yes, i am. and then when questioned at some point i ms. jackson lee, his response was congresswoman, the board is secure and the border is not open. any hearing in which representative roy asmus relates to the secure fencing act, congressman roy said do we have operational control of the border? secretary mayorkas, yes, we do and congressman, we are working to, and that he doesn't finish that statement. and so we may argue whether or not that is impeachable but i don't think we can argue whether or not he has been truthful. because his statement in and of themselves, how can we say that the border is secure when last month -- >> will the gentleman just? >> -- over 370,000 immigrants come across species with the gentleman yield? >> i yielded to the chairman. >> i also think it's very important to point out as you brought up the chip roy testimony in judiciary that chip roy read the definitio of operational

questions we got here is on mr. mayorkas. secretary mayorkas, whether he's fit for the job. and what really baffles me, mr. thompson, i think you said give more resources as if that's a -- reason -- problem we have at the border is because they haven't had resources. if secretary mayorkas is not going to let the border patrol do their job, why would you give them more money? they are just not going to do it. you would agree with that, money's not going to cure this you mentioned electronic devices. it's only under this president that had we opened our borders up to anybody from any country anywhere in the world. it's because of this administration. to compare donald trump's i think i heard mention of 700 -- a number with him. compared to the 12 million to 15 million we have in this country today is really absurd even bringing up the different topics to try to divert the attention. i think the ranking member mentioned that secretary mayorkas doesn't deserve impeachment. neither does the american people deserve what's going on right now. what's interesting -- what the words ar

mr. speaker, secretary mayorkas has not done his job. he has willfully ignored immigration laws passed by the congress and allowed our southern border to turn into utter chaos. his breach of the public trust cannot go unanswered. mr. ezell: i vote to hold him accountable in committee last week and will do so today on the floor. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this impeachment and hold secretary mayorkas accountable for his actions. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i know yield two minutes to the gentleman from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. >> i rise to oppose this impeachment of secretary mayorkas by extreme maga republicans. house republicans failed to meet the constitutional standard for impeachment. they've failed to provide evidence for high crimes and misdemeanors because no evidence exists. m

mayorkas: i have answered your question. >> no you haven't, mr. mayorkas. you have not answered the question. >> i could do hand signals. >> if you would like to answer for him because clearly he does not intend to answer my question. >> i think it is -- >> is it not a fair question? >> i'm just saying you are over your time. that is all. >> we do not need any more points about over the time. as i have just said to you just last week, i let him vote after we had gaveled out. i am gracious here and i will be gracious to both sides. i will ask for no more interruptions about time being expired. thank you. >> i would like to ask the witness to answer the question. do you have a number? sec. mayorkas: i have answered to the best of my ability, mr. chairman. >> clearly. i now recognize mr. carter. >> mr. chairman, if i may? >> point of order? >> i'm just asking, are you basically suspending that rule? >> i have since the beginning. this is the last time i am going to answer this question today, mr. iv. allow people to continue a question or train of thought that

mr. mayorkas, secretary mayorkas and whether he's fit or -- for the job and what really baffles me ms. thompson said thank you give more resources as if that's a -- that the reason the problem we've got at the border is because that resources. if secretary mayorkas is not going led the border patrol do their job, why would you give them more money? they're just not going to do it. you would agree with that. money is not going to cure this you mention electronic devices -- it is only under this president that have we opened our borders up, to anybody from any country, anywhere in the world. it's because of this administration and to compare donald trump i think, i heard a mention of 700 -- a number with him compared to the 15 million, 12 to 15 million we have in this country today. it's really absurd even bringing up the different topics to try to divert the attention. and i think -- the ranking member mentioned that secretary mayorkas doesn't deserve impeachment. neither does american peo

i was on the oversight committee when i said mr. mayorkas, is the border secure? can you define secure for me? ricketts. wouldn't-- crickets. wouldn't say a word. words will not hide what my friends on the other aisle are trying to hide. it's not going to do it because the american people see it. now our security is threatened right here in this capital. right now. as well as everywhere and in this country. we are all border states now. mr. green, i want to thank you for what you are doing. it's what we ought to do and hopefully we can be successful with it. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you chairman, and gentlemen, for appearing before the committee. i want to address a couple of issues. i know chairman green, you brought up your service, i want to echo just one more time. your fidelity to the constitution of the united states and the laws of the united states which were being questioned earlier, i think, inappropriately. based on your past service and military service, in united states congress, is there anything else you want to reiterate

mr. mayorkas, secretary mayorkas and whether he's fit or -- for the job and what really baffles me ms. thompson said thank you give more resources as if that's a -- that the reason the problem we've got at the border is because that resources. if secretary mayorkas is not going led the border patrol do their job, why would you give them more money? they're just not going to do it. you would agree with that. money is not going to cure this you mention electronic devices -- it is only under this president that have we opened our borders up, to anybody from any country, anywhere in the world. it's because of this administration and to compare donald trump i think, i heard a mention of 700 -- a number with him compared to the 15 million, 12 to 15 million we have in this country today. it's really absurd even bringing up the different topics to try to divert the attention. and i think -- the ranking member mentioned that secretary mayorkas doesn't deserve impeachment. neither does american peo

mayorkas.t the votes on the board to put the votes on the board to see where we are rats. folks can go home and know their constituents and i suspect someone will be very unhappy about this outcome. i suspect there might be one or two macro clamouring to get the vote up again. we will see. i suspect it will come back again. alejandro mayorkas has told us, as you know, the water is fine and functioning and keeping people at and yet in the last three years we have had anywhere from 8— 10 million people come over the border illegally. i don't know in what form that is a success. in the past three years we have had 10 million people over the border into the cost is 400 billion a year to keep these people out. we have closed schools down to house these people. the people in new york i put into credit cards to allow these people to live for free. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. dentists will be offered a cash incentive of up to £50 f

mayorkas is guilty of this. host: what constitutional standard did mr. mayorkas breached? guest: he has a responsibility of protecting that border. the secretary of homeland security is different than other secretaries. it is his responsibility are clear, it is his responsibility to make sure that border is secure. it is not secure and he should be held responsible. host: tom mcclintic voted against the impeachment and he said it would dub down the requirement for impeachment. guest: there were three people who voted against at the first time and i understand them and i respect their opinion. i was convinced after listening to my fellow colleagues this was the right thing to do. we are fortunate to have a speaker who was a constitutional lawyer. his opinion matters a lot to mean not that tom and mike does not. certainly i took that into consideration in making a decision. host: you have seen these numbers as well. the number of arrest in january of 50% from december and they attributed to seasonal decline, heightened enforcement and efforts by mexico. what do you think abo

mr. speaker, secretary mayorkas has not done his job. ezell: i vote to hold him accountable in committee last week and will do so today on the floor. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this impeachment and hold secretary mayorkas accountable for his actions. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i know yield two minutes to the gentleman from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. >> i rise to oppose this impeachment of secretary mayorkas by extreme maga republicans. house republicans failed to meet the constitutional standard for impeachment. they've failed to provide evidence for high crimes and misdemeanors because no evidence exists. mr. barragan: the republicans ramp about the challenges at the southern border and the only plan is to remove the person from the room working on a bipartisan basis to get tough on

and mr.hairman, according to the articles of impeachment, also impeach the secretary for terminating the asylum cooperative agreements in this argument, mr. chairman, doesn't even pass the smell test. why? firstt of all, let's be clear. it's the state department not dhs that handles bilateral agreements. and second of all, the was announced onn the day secretary mayorkas first took office, and so of course he was not part of the official conversations to the cooperation agreements. he also is trying to impeach secretary mayorkas for decision he had no -- wasn't even carried out by his department. you are also trying to impeach the secretary for not complying with congressional investigations, yet you fail to mentionve that dhs has sent over 13,000 pages00 of documents to this committee alone, and dhs is currently working through more than a million pages toman. and as you know, the secretary has testified no less than 27 times in n the past 35 months, including this past november. clearly, dh

secretary mayorkas, mr. speaker, is a good man. a decent man. someone who is trying to do his job. despite the fact that republicans refuse to give him the tools needed to do what they're asking him to do. he's an honorable public servant who respects law enforcement and takes seriously his oath of office and his obligation to uphold and enforce the law. and in smearing his good name, republicans are only impeaching themselves and showing what all their rhetoric about the border has been nothing more than a bunch of b.s. and with that, mr. speaker, i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to recognize a fellow americans of the rules committee, mr. chip roy, for 10 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: for 10 minutes, the gentleman from texas is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. roy: i thank my friend from texas. i get no great joy of being on the floor of the house of representatives and talking about something as important and solemn as the removal of a secretary,

al hunter mayorkas must be impeached. thank you mr. chairman, i would force your questions. quest thank you very much. i am appearing before you today in strong opposition to age 63 which was appointed out of the committee of homeland security last week on a party-line vote. the rest of the resolution this was established in the wake of 9/11. republic members of congress's want to support and defend the constitution are projecting the framers clear intent over two centuries of president and all of that in favor of a shame impeachment of the secretary of homeland security, secretary merrick -- sec. mayorkas. neither of the impeachment charges reported by the committee are high crime and misdemeanor. under article two of the constitution, note serious person believes they are. this was ultimately rejected by the framework as a grounds for impeachment. they settled in the court system, not through impeachment. policy disputes republicans listed in the articles have already been addressed and decided in the biden administration's favor. or they are currently working their way th

mr. alejandro mayorkas has says that we need to add dollars . the truth of the matter is, there was no budget change between the last ministration and this administration. you can look at the graph. it is like this and like this. it is not about dollars. we are not against it, we put more dollars into that, technology, paper border patrol people, despite what some people have said you also mentioned immigration laws. yes, they are broken, they need to be fixed. the truth of the matter is, that the immigration and nationality is being subverted right now. the courts have ordered you to do it a different way than you are doing it. i am not even sure if we did change the immigration laws that you would even abide by them. the ranking member mentioned, the asylum laws, we need to change that. we are not living according to the definition of the asylum laws now and detaining people. we are sending them to hotels and setting them away while the i.c.e. beds sit empty, despite what the law says. more resources? no, this is a policy issue. the policies w

mr mayorkas was impeached by the slimmest of majorities by the house of representatives, which is controllederica's southern border, that, in effect, he wasn't doing hisjob properly. this is a huge debate and a huge topic of interest for many americans. according to one poll, about 50% of people in this country believe there is indeed a crisis on the southern border and even more people believe there should indeed be tougher restrictions on people moving into the united states. there's been very sharp political reaction to this impeachment, both from democrats and from president biden, who described it as a petty political game that the republicans are playing in the house of representatives, describing this as unconstitutional partisanship. now, as far as the process of impeachment is concerned, this vote triggers a trial in the us senate where, of course, there is a very different political make—up, with the democrats in control, and it requires a two—thirds majority for an impeachment to be successful — in other words, for an individual to be found guilty and removed from office. and in t

mr. alejandro mayorkas has says that we need to add dollars . the truth of the matter is, there was no budget change between the last ministration and this administration. you can look at the graph. it is like this and like this. it is not about dollars. we are not against it, we put more dollars into that, technology, paper border patrol people, despite what some people have said you also mentioned immigration laws. yes, they are broken, they need to be fixed. the truth of the matter is, that the immigration and nationality is being subverted right now. the courts have ordered you to do it a different way than you are doing it. i am not even sure if we did change the immigration laws that you would even abide by them. the ranking member mentioned, the asylum laws, we need to change that. we are not living according to the definition of the asylum laws now and detaining people. we are sending them to hotels and setting them away while the i.c.e. beds sit empty, despite what the law says. more resources? no, this is a policy issue. the policies w

mayorkas with high crimes and misdemeanors forfailing to secure the us—mexico border.abinet member in more than 150 years to face the prospect of impeachment by the house. it comes as a bipartisan senate bill on us—mexico border security and immigration is now on the verge of collapsing. republican senators say they will kill the deal only 48 hours after it was released. the deal would have included major changes to the us asylum process, and granted the department of homeland security the authority to shut down the us—mexico border if crossings rose above 5,000 on average in a day. in return for stepped up border security, it would have provided fresh aid to ukraine and israel. president biden blamed former president donald trump for influencing members of his party. repubblica set aside, who do they serve? donald trump? american people? are they here to solve problems? orjust weaponised those problems for political purposes? i know my answer, i serve the american people, i'm here to solve problems. let's go to capitol hill now with republican tennessee congressman ti

how is mr.mayorkas violating the law and not adhering to making sure that at the border his staff, border patrol and in particular customs and border protection are weeding out these kind of individuals if he had the resources to do so, so taking him away is not going to enhance my friend from texas the concern about sex trafficking and human trafficking. you give no answer to the final answer that's going to come about tonight which is the vote on impeachment. you give no answer to why mr. mayorkas was not afforded due process and allowed to come with a lawyer or get rescheduled, none of that was allowed. and you give no answer as to why outside third party is controlling the agent of this committee. maybe i should yield to you, mr. chairman, as to is this a committee being guided by, directed by an outside unelected person, certainly not a member of congress, certainly not a chairman, certainly not a member of house leadership democrat or republican whose public statement suggests that we are

and my favorite, mr. chairman, mayorkas latest litanies of lies on the border puts santos to shame.hese are the headlines and these are what are being talked about because secretary mayorkas has been untruthful with the american public and he has been untruthful for congress. he comes in here and he raises his hand and he swears to tell the truth and then when he lies when he says the border is secure, he lies when he says the border is not open and we are not allowing, as we know, over 370,000 immigrants to flood across the border last month alone. i want to talk about what house republicans have done. because my friends on the other side say we're doing this again for political theater. last year we passed hr-2 the most comprehensive package that i have seen during my time in congress. when we talk about funding and what have we done on funding? i tell you that the house appropriations bill dealing with funding for the department of homeland security. we went above and beyond what was requested by the president. the president requested a set amount and we added additional money to

mayorkas with high crimes and misdemeanours forfailing to secure the us—mexico border. cabinet member in more than 150 years to face the prospect of impeachment by the house. it comes as a bipartisan senate bill on us—mexico border security and immigration is now on the verge of collapsing. republican senators say they will kill the deal only 48 hours after it was released. the deal would have included major changes to the us asylum process, and granted the department of homeland security the authority to shut down the us—mexico border if crossings rose above 5,000 on average in a day. in return for stepped up border security, it would have provided fresh aid to ukraine and biden blamed former president donald trump for influencing members of his party. republicans set aside, who do they serve? donald trump? or the american people? are they here to solve problems? or just weaponise those problems for political purposes? i know my answer. i serve the american people. i'm here to solve problems. i spoke about all this with republican congressman from tennessee, tim burche

mayorkas is accused of lying under oath . my favorite, mr. chairman, mayorkas latest litany of lies on the border puts desantis to shame. these are the headlines and these are what is being talked about. he has been untruthful for congress. he comes in here and he raises his hand and then he lies when he says the border is secure. he lies when the says the border is not open and we are allowing over 370,000 immigrants to flood across the border last month alone. we want to talk about what house republicans have done. we are doing this again for political theater. last year we passed hr 2, the most comprehensive package that i have seen during my time in congress. we talked about funding. what have we done on funding? the house appropriations bill, dealing with funding went above and beyond this request from the president. the president requested a set amount. we added more so the department of homeland security could add the resources they need. i have no idea what is in the senate bill. the senator refused to engage the house of representati

mr mayorkas was impeached by the slimmest of majorities by the house of representatives, which is controlleding that he simply didn't do enough to secure america's southern border, that in effect, he wasn't doing hisjob properly. this is a huge debate and a huge topic of interest for many americans. according to one poll, about 50% of people in this country believe there is indeed a crisis on the southern border. and even more people than that believe that there should indeed be tougher restrictions on people moving into the united states. there's been very sharp political reaction to this impeachment vote from democrats and from president biden, who described it as a petty political game that the republicans are playing in the house of representatives, describing this as unconstitutional partisanship. now, as far as the process of impeachment is concerned, this vote triggers a trial in the us senate, where, of course there is a very different political makeup with the democrats in control and it requires a two thirds majority for an impeachment to be successful. in other words, for an indiv

mr mayorkas — is the first and only sitting cabinet secretary to face the threat of impeachment in americanexpressed dissent. republican house speaker mike johnson called it "an extreme measure" that was necessary in this case. a federal appeals court says donald trump can be tried for plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.in a hearing injanuary, mr trump's lawyers argued the impeachment process is the only legal way to hold a president to account for acts taken while in office. but the us court of appeals for the dc circuit said... "former president trump has become citizen trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant". the three—judge panel ruled "any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him against this prosecution". among other precedents, the court cited founding father alexander hamilton, who wrote "the president must be unlike the king of great britain, who was sacred and inviolable. mr trump is now likely to appeal to the supreme court. voters in nevada go to the polls today in that state's presiden

al green telling rebecca kaplan, mr. mayorkas is a good man, that was a bad move, i had to be here he said as he was wheeled out of the capital in a wheelchair. in keyport, new jersey, democratic color. caller: -- caller. caller: i'm calling on the democratic line for jim mcgovern. this man said he would like to call it a clown show but it's an insult to working clowns. the gop is funny coming out with their alternative reality and being save time and time again with the democrats with their logic, facts and figures. i hear him calling and putting america first, they want to do everything for americans, but the gop could have been spending time making daycare affordable for your kids. he called -- one of the representatives called it a plot . they could be making your health care affordable. they could do any number of a hundred things, but they spent their time doing something they couldn't succeeded doing, for wet. this is what people should be concentrating on, these guys have no real plans and no idea how to even exe

republicans suffered a stunning defeat, falling short of the simple majority voted needed to charge mr misdemeanors forfailing to secure the us—mexico border. he is the first cabinet member in more than 150 years to face the prospect of impeachment by the house. it comes as a bipartisan senate bill on us—mexico border security and immigration is now on the verge of collapsing. republican senators say they will kill the deal only 48 hours after it was released. the deal would have included major changes to the us asylum process, and granted the department of homeland security the authority to shut down the us—mexico border if crossings rose above 5,000 on average in a day. in return for stepped up border security, it would have provided fresh aid to ukraine and israel. president biden blamed former president donald trump for influencing members of his party. republicans set aside, who do they serve? donald trump? or the american people? are they here to solve problems? or just weaponise those problems for political purposes? i know my answer. i serve the american people. i'm here to sol

mr. cuellar recently said with a crisis at the border. pennsylvania senator john fetterman said, this is a crisis. even secretary mayorkas' boz president biden recently threw him under the bus admitting that the border was not secure. for nearly ath year this commite conducted a methodical, comprehensive, and fair investigation into the causes, costs and consequences of the border crisis, producing six separate reports totaling around 400 pages. our members have seen firsthand numerous parts of the southwest border, spent time with law enforcement officers on the front lines and spoke with real americans about how this crisis is affecting them. also conducted a field hearing and roundtable on abortion democrat colleagues refused to attend. burying their heads in the sand as if there wasn't a crisis. we help many hearings of the subcommittee and full committee level ever heard from a variety of witnesses including former senior dhs enforcement officials, state attorney general, theth victi

mr. jeffries: yesterday, impeachment of alejandro mayorkas was defeated on the house floor and was democracy and determination and put american people's interests first and put aside sham political stunts that has been the focus of this house republican majority from the very beginning of this congress. american people deserve more common sense, less chaos, less confusion and less cult-like behavior. this is a period of divided government, which means common sense dictates that in order to get things done on behalf of the american people, democrats and republicans should be working together. to find common ground in order to deliver real results to the american people on issues of importance like the economy, affordability, public safety and national security. from the very beginning of this congress, house democrats have made clear that we are ready, willing and able to find common ground with our republican colleagues to advance bills in a bipartisan fashion that deliver real results fo

mr. mayorkas currently makes a salary of $203,500 a year.e more, every month, he would lose more than $50,000. that incentive. stuart: a watchdog group found issues with unaccompanied migrant children. sponsors are not being properly vetted. that is not good. jackie:that is why it is sad to see unaccompanied minors coming across the border. this is a communitarian crisis and it is epic, 300,000 children have come across alone over the course of the last three years, 2 thirds of them are from guatemala or honduras. the problem is they don't have language skills, they can't advocate for themselves so they are placed with families who take them in and the office of refugee resettlement is supposed to do checks to make sure these are good places for these kids to go. when you've got repeat people saying sent me these kids you have to wonder why and they are not doing those checks. either using them, to work them in sweatshops and do different things like with nefarious intentions so they found these checks were not happening and it makes you kin

mr. walberg: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until they believe impeachment would be limited to situations that were extraordinary, solemn and rare. marjorie taylor greene if they care about the founding of the constitution, they would be familiar with the debate from 1787 when the framers debated what would qualify. they rejected that impeachment could be used for malpractice or mall -- mal administration. and extreme for instances bribery, treason and they would know that hamilton warned of impeachment might be driven by animosity and factions and i quote, there will be the greatest decision that the deci

mayorkas. a good point but your expected the democrats to allow this to die in the senate, you don't think he will step down do you? >> it would be better for him if he took his own steps to withdraw but is not going to do that and never has indicated that he wants to step aside. we're going to lay the evidence out for the senators and they will make their individual choices. maria: the speaker has been quite vocal, chuck schumer rejecting house speaker mike johnson's proposal to add strict border policy to the $95 billion for an eight. president biden is pressuring house republicans to vote for this bill. >> house republicans you have got to decide are you going to stand up for freedom were are you going to side with here in tierney. we stand with america were tr trump. maria: will you stand with america or trump? that is what the president of the united states just said. your reaction. >> this has nothing to do a donald trump, this is about the american people securing our border and the will

mr. jeffries: yesterday, >> the impeachment of secretary mayorkas was defeated on the house floor. to put the american people's interests first and to put aside sham political stunts that has been the focus of this house republican majority from the very beginning of this congress. congress. american people deserve more common sense, less chaos, less confusion and less cult-like behavior. this is a period of divided government, which means common sense dictates that in order to get things done on behalf of the american people, democrats and republicans should be working together. to find common ground in order to deliver real results to the american people on issues of importance like the economy, affordability, public safety and national security. from the very beginning of this congress, house democrats have made clear that we are ready, willing and able to find common ground with our republican colleagues to advance bills in a bipartisan fashion that deliver real results for the american people. on the national security front, it's time to put the political stunts aside and come

there was never any doubt because i've always had strong opinions about mr.orkas, the homeland security secretary, i believe him to be a good, decent man, and i don't want his reputation besmirched in this way. i was looking at the news in my hospital bed and i saw that the vote was going to take place. i was a little bit surprised, and when i saw this, i communicated with my chief surgeon, the hospital staff, the administrators and we had a meeting to talk about whether i could have a furlough, and in the process of going through that, i called mr. jefferson -- not mr. jefferson, mr. jeffries and i explained to him that i intended to make this vote, so i never had any kind of secret plan. i was doing my best to get from the hospital bed over to the floor to cast my vote. i got to the house, and when i got there, dr. monahan had medical professionals to take me to a bed. they were monitoring my blood pressure, my temperature, my heart rate the entirety of the time i was there. i had nurse there is, health care professionals, so when the vote occurred, i only

the house of representatives is probably going to hold a second impeachment vote tomorrow for mr.dministration is not responsible for the crisis at the border. madeleine rivera is in washington with the latest comments from the dhs secretary. madeline, good morning. >> good morning, steve. house republicans efforts to oust homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas failed last week by one vote, but house majority leader steve scalise, who is being treated for blood cancer is expected to be back on capitol hill this week. and that could give a g.o.p. the bump it needs to impeach mayorkas. mayorkas calls republican allegations that he defied federal immigration laws as baseless. he also says he and president biden are not to blame for the record-breaking number of illegal crossings at the southern border. listen. >> it certainly is a crisis and while we don't bear responsibility for a broken system and we are doing a tremendous amount within that broken system. but, fundamentally, fundamentally, congress is the only one who can fix it. there is no question that we have a challen

during this committees june 14th 2023 hearing, mr. chairman, you said, quote, but immigration is not our committee. we don't get to solve the immigration problems. end quote. this amendment falsely alleges that secretary mayorkas has refused to comply with federal immigration laws, this amendment is not germane to the committee's jurisdiction according to the chair june 22 statement as well as clause 1j rule 10, and i insist on my point of order. >> it is overruled, and the reason is the house proceeded to vote this to committee so we will proceed. >> i appeal the ruling of the chair. >> the gentleman will appeal the ruling of the chair. we will not have a vote on the ruling. >> the clerk will call the roller. the gentleman from mississippi moves the table. >> i recognize clause 1 of rule 16. reduced to writing and report it by the clerk. >> the committee will suspend. >> submit it for that record. >> submit it for the record. >> the movement to the table has been submitted in writing. >> okay. >> the clerk will call the role on the m

mr. mayorkas. so the options speaker johnson is facing is either pass another continuing resolution or allow the government to shut down if you were president, what would you advise him to do? >> if our president, i would remind every member of congress, republican and democrat that they have just one job, one job, and that's to give us a budget on time. and congress has only given us a budget on time four times in 40 years. and so what i would say to them is if you don't get us a budget on time, you don't get paid paid, period. it is not our job to get into their squabbles in congress. it is their job to give us a budget on time and not make the american taxpayers feel this that is a huge problem. we don't need to know how you make the sausage. we just need to know what gets done. and right now, nothing is getting done in dc. that's the problem. that's why i'm adamant about term limits. that's why i'm adamant that they shouldn't get paid if they don't do their job. and that's what i think the amer

voters know mr. mayorkas' impeachment won't do a lick of good at the border.e, they see nothing but grand standing, internal fighting, and an inability to put together a majority for anything but gestures. mr. souazzi exploited the record. to their benefit, "the wall street journal" editorial page has been warning about this for weeks now, stop posing on the bill. it is going to cost you elections. it did. >> they keep posing on the bill. when we were in new hampshire watching nikki haley, her line was, don't come trying to me when we lose in november. i'm telling you right now, donald trump will cause all of us to lose in november. now, she likely won't win the nomination. there aren't enough people, i guess, in the party listening to her warning, but how many more signs do you need? to hear mike johnson, the speaker yesterday, try to explain what happened on tuesday night in new york, throwing it to weather and anything but his own performance, anything but the fealty to donald trump, just shows you that they're not going to change. they've got their heads d

mayorkas is guilty of this. host: what constitutional standard did mr. mayorkas breached? guest: he has a responsibility of protecting that border. the secretary of homeland security is different than other secretaries. it is his responsibility are clear, it is his responsibility to make sure that border is secure. it is not secure and he should be held responsible. host: tom mcclintic voted against the impeachment and he said it would dub down the requirement for impeachment. guest: there were three people who voted against at the first time and i understand them and i respect their opinion. i was convinced after listening to my fellow colleagues this was the right thing to do. we are fortunate to have a speaker who was a constitutional lawyer. his opinion matters a lot to mean not that tom and mike does not. certainly i took that into consideration in making a decision. host: you have seen these numbers as well. the number of arrest in january of 50% from december and they attributed to seasonal decline, heightened enforcement and efforts by mexico. what do you think abo

and i associate myself with mr. hamilton's words, they know better. secretary mayorkas knows better. and that goes to intent. they know better. and they don't care. >> without a doubt. i would say, absolutely, there is causation there and it's not just mpp. it's all the other programs that were torn down, whether the asylum cooperative agreements and a number of regulations, during the trump administration they've all work together as a system. some were more effective than others. but it was a patchwork of policy programs and regulations that helped secure that border and as each one was taken down starting with mpp, but others were taken down as well, we started seeing the unraveling of the border and you could say, maybe they just didn't know better. that's not true. we briefed them during the transition. we told them what would happen. if they started tearing down these, you would run out of border patrol space. you would run out of processing. everything that we see today, we talked to them, this is what's going to occur. and of course, it happen