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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdhc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:06 a.m. in room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Chris Murphy (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Murphy, Tester, Shaheen, Murray, Capito, Murkowski, Hoeven, Kennedy, and Hyde-Smith. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STATEMENT OF HON. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY Senator MURPHY. Good morning. We call this hearing of the Sub- committee on Homeland Security to order. Today, we welcome the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Before we get started, Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the sub- committee, I would like to once again share our appreciation to you and to all of the department's employees for your and their dedica- tion to protecting our nation's security. We are mindful of the wide- ranging responsibilities and the sacrifices that are entailed in up- holding those responsibilities and we are deeply grateful to you and your team. The purpose, of course, of today's hearing is to review the depart- ment's fiscal year 2023 Budget Request. It's a request that focus on strengthening the nation's cyber defense, responding to border management needs, promoting a humane and efficient immigration system, improving operational readiness of the Coast Guard, and continuing steps to advance climate response and resiliency. I imagine much of today's discussion will cover border security, immigration policies, and the CDC's Title 42 authority. Mr. Secretary, I am constantly demoralized by the tone of our de- bate about security and in particular the tone of our debate about our border. Many of my Republican colleagues, and I frankly don't put the Ranking Member in this category, simply see the issue of immigration as a political cudgel. They see immigrants as political opportunities to be cast as threats and they constantly dumb down the debate about immigration, for instance, insisting that the rea- son there are high numbers of undocumented immigrants arriving (1)

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