mr. biggs: i h. mr. biggs: there are more than 1200 federal programs unauthorized right now. $500 billion, that's what we spend every year for those 1,200 unauthorized programs. congress hasn't authorized them. they've expired. we haven't re-authorized it but we're still spending $500 billion a year. people wonder what's crazy about d.c. let me give you one more data point. that same meeting we were talking about. the gentleman was getting ready to leave this economist, then we had another former -- we had a former head of o.m.b. there with us. i asked them, can you tell me how many agencies there are in the federal government? the answer was no. i said what? he said nobody knows. that's hard to believe. i couldn't believe it. soy did some more digging. nobody can tell me. nobody can tell me. how many federal agencies there are. but we can tell you how much we're spending. we're spending over $100 billion every month more than we bring in. with that, i'm pleased to yield such time hays may consume to my f

mr. biggs: the gentlelady yields back. without objection, all other opening statements will be included in the record. oh, i'm sorry. i'm sorry, mr. ranking member. mr. nadler. former mr. chairman. i now recognize you for your opening statement. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, according to the centers for disease control and prevention, over 100,000 americans are dying of drug overdoses each year. most of these deaths are from fentanyl. the seriousness of the fentanyl crisis cannot be denied. that is why democrats have been working on solutions to address trafficking, addiction and overdose since it emerged as a threat to our communities. last congress under a democratic majority we passed multiple bills to address the opioid epidemic. we passed the rural opioid abuse prevention act which expanded grant eligibility to fund private programs in rural areas that focus on reducing overdose deaths. we passed the bipartisan fentanyl results act which authorized two state department programs that combat global d

mr. biggs, mr. johnson, mr. roy, mr. tiffany, mr. moran mr. bent and then two individuals not on the committee, mr. carter mr. calbert for sponsoring the elements that became this piece of legislation which is going to get combined, i believe with the good work that mr. green has done in his committee and the bill they passed, i guess this morning out of their committee and mr. mccall, whose bill passed yesterday as well. so that's what we're going to have and we're going to be on the floor as the leader mentioned in a couple of weeks and take that first step into getting control of our border that hasn't been under control at all for this administration. but that i'll yield to the chairman of the homeland security committee. mr. green. >> in 2020, the nation saw about half, just under half a million people come into the country in 2021 almost two million four times the year prior. if you look at the last two years of the biden administration and add all the numbers up the five million encounters, the 1. 4 million gotaways. you put it all toge

mr. biggs: i thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter. i appreciate so much you leading on this issue. i can't tell you, i was thinking as you were talking about the first job i ever had, and i was making -- this is really going to date me, but i was making $2.50 an hour. and i thought, holy mackerel, that's $100, i was working 40 hours, i got to bring home $100. no, it was $75. and that was a million years ago. i bring home less today because everything else has gone up. i'll just tell you something about that. i've watched that same thing happen to each one of my children. and we live in this world where the federal government kind of clamps down on you. i appreciate this so much. the fair tax act would repeal all federal corporate and individual income taxes. payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, capital gains taxes, death taxes, gift taxes. and replace them with a revenue-neutral consumption tax. you know what's so nice about a consumption tax is you choose whether you're going to pay it. because it's how you consume. we pay too much

talk with the chairman of our subcommittee mr. biggs. where it's just a as bad as new york city. here because of what mr. braggs is doing using federal gundz to indict a former president for no crime, and then when we want to talk with sun someone he takes us to court. when we want to do our constitutional duty of oversight he takes us to court. for a guy who hasn't worked there in a year. so instead of photograph cussing on what he should be doing keeping bad guys off the street protecting people of this great city is he focused on politics. there is that contradiction. it's about the victims and that's who we will hear from today. >> will: to follow up on ainsley's question what do you in washington, d.c. you can withdraw some of those federal funds. look, san francisco, chicago, new york, they they democratically vote for these guys who then enact these policies so in a way the voter is getting what they asked for. >> you pilot highlight it and look at the federal funds issue. testimony mr. holdren highlight how bad that is. think abou

so >> mr. biggs, i'm sorry. with the gentleman state that again? the gentleman who >> i was gonna yield the balance of my time to represent a big's. i'm told -- you can't seem, he's not here. the gentleman yields back his time? >> yes sir. the gentleman yields back's >> time thank you the distinguished 11 from florida -- >> thank you mister chairman. i appreciate y'all being here today. unemployment programs are essential to emergency lifelines. when the pandemic had millions of americans who could not work congress passed expanded unemployment benefits to keep people fed, keep people housed. the government's job. it quickly became obvious that without functional state infrastructure, which we've talked about a little bit. that aid can yet wasted that is where a lot of waste fraud abuse released dumps ram have to talk about these antiquated state insurance programs wasting the time and abusing the people who are facing hard times i want to return quickly to a question my colleague from arizona who brought up. he seemed pretty specifically concerned

the republicans were having a conference and along with mr. biggs and mr. perry, we had to stay there a little late because speaker mccarthy was giving a spellbinding speech and we couldn't get away. make sure you tell him i said that. without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. i recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. good morning and welcome to the witness director marcos. thank you for your attendance and participation in today's hearing and ensuring the safety of unaccompanied alien children. president biden's open borders agenda has created a humanitarian crisis that encourages the trafficking of migrant children in the united states. since the first day, he assed office. president biden has worked to roll back. the deterrence is focused on policies that worked under the trp administration to maintain -- trump administration to maintain operational control of the southwest border and reducing the number of people who are coming here in the first place. as a federal judge recently commented on the biden admin

chairman, i yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. biggs from arizona for five minutes. >> to give mr. chairman and thank you to our witnesses. >> i request unanimous consent november 7, 2022 letter from you in the inspector general, october 25, 2022 letter into inspector general, june 2222 letter in the inspector general to the committee chairs and febrile first 2022 e-mail exchange between individuals in the offices of seger and the department of state. without objection so ordered. >> each of these documents discuss and provide evidence of the body to ministrations action and cooperation with segar which is five separate reports by congress these reports discuss the underlying causes that led to the rapid collapse of afghanistan, afghan national defense, security forces potential loss resulting from the taliban return the power and the ramification of diplomatic withdrawal for national security for the people of afghanistan. i thank you for your testimony, last june you informed the committee that the budget administration was refusing t

biggs or whether he's just plain wrong. but i'll give you the opportunity to support him or criticize him and -- chairman arrington, do you -- mr. arrington: i think regular order is always the best process. and i think we have proven to be committed to that. we didn't see much of it in the last two years. but we're seeing a preponderance of our legislative activity go through this process. mr. mcgovern: i think six of your 30 bills so far this congress have gone through regular order. mr. arrington: one point i would make and i'm not trying to reverse this and ask your question except to say, when every democrat around this table and everyone that's spoken said, it's reckless to even talk about this issue, who would we be debating, what kind of process distribute president asked for terms that we could all agree on as a republican conference and that's exactly what we're doing so that he will come to the table. mr. mcgovern: i'm not saying -- my comments were not meant -- it's not reckless to try to deal responsibly with the budget. what i meant by reckless -- what i said is recklessness and stupidity was that you basically ar