EXCLUSIVE: Top Homeland Security Committee Republicans press for Big, Beautiful Bill's "fast" passage

President Donald Trump is renewing his push to get Congress to pass the Big Beautiful Bill this week — and top House Republicans are coming out of the woodwork to explain why the bill needs to pass the House and then the Senate.

Trump has emphasized a series of conservative wins that are in the reconciliation bill, and top Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee explained to the Washington Reporter why the bill is critical from border control and immigration standpoints.

“Walls work, and Border Patrol agents agree,” Rep. Mark Green (R., Tenn.), the Chair of the Homeland Security Committee, exclusively told the Reporter. “Frontline law enforcement has told our Committee time and time again that a completed border barrier system is essential for accomplishing their mission in the field.”

“Even knowing this, the Biden-Harris administration spent years canceling construction of border wall that Congress had already paid for,” Green added.

During the Biden administration, illegal immigrants told the Reporter during a series of interviews on the southern border that “we know that the border is open.”

“House Republicans,” Green explained, “are putting more than $46 billion toward righting this wrong.”

“Our border wall system includes a full suite of technology and infrastructure to help agents safely and effectively combat drug and human smuggling between ports of entry. And make no mistake, a completed Southwest border wall system will leave a long-lasting legacy, one that any new Democrat administration can’t destroy. We must finish the work of President Trump’s first administration and finish the wall — fast.”

Joining Green in pressing for the quick passage of the Big Beautiful Bill is Rep. Michael Guest (R., Miss.), the Chairman of the Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Guest told the Reporter that the billions of dollars included in the bill are “vital to ensuring President Trump can keep his most important promise to the American people: securing the border.”

"Since President Trump entered office in January of 2025, our border security has increased, the flow of illegal drugs has dropped dramatically, and illegal border crossings have plummeted to levels not seen in modern history,” Guest said.

“The success of the Trump administration’s leadership at our borders cannot be underestimated,” he continued. “Physical barriers play a critical role in ensuring that our borders are secure.”

“Completed sections of the border wall have been a proven, effective tool for Border Patrol agents to prevent illegal crossings,” Guest added.