On the recordApril 17, 2024
Thank you to my colleague from Utah. I am kind of amazed at what has happened today. It has been categorized several ways, whether it is kangaroo court or three-ring circus or organized grab-ass. I don't know how you look at it, to be honest with you. It is amazing what we sat here and watched. We all thought in the last few weeks that there was a chance for an impeachment trial of Secretary Mayorkas, but it only lasted a few hours--a historic event in the eyes of every Senator, not just Republicans but also Democrats. One thing I want to say is, has he faithfully executed his duties of the United States Constitution, the one that we all put our hand on the Bible and swore to do? It was amazing to me how this all went down at the end of the day. It really wasn't Secretary Mayorkas. He wasn't the only one on trial today or would have gone on trial, impeachment trial; it would have been every Democrat--every Democrat here in the Senate, every Democrat in the House, and every Democrat who is running our executive branch-- because there has not been one person who has said anything since I have been here, in 3\1/2\ years, like: We need to do something at the border. Not one. We have let in 10 million illegal aliens in the last 3 years. On that data point alone, Secretary Mayorkas intentionally--intentionally-- failed to secure the border. I personally asked him one day why he was not at least giving a fair chance of closing the border. He says: Senator, we need more money.…
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