On the recordFebruary 6, 2024
I am proud today to join my colleague Dr. Marshall on the floor to support the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the disaster at the southern border. I have been there many times. I would challenge my Democratic colleagues: How many times have you been to the southern border in Texas to see this disaster? Right now, the Biden administration is actively trying to stop the State of Texas from protecting their and our border. Meanwhile, Democrats are telling the press that they want to fix the border crisis that President Biden has created. It has taken 3 years. But they say that the Republicans won't let them. That is not true. The Biden administration is suing Texas and destroying barriers at the border actively, every day. The taxpayers have already paid for the wall--the extension of the wall that was stopped after President Trump stepped down a few years ago. President Biden refuses to build a wall. He is pushing a bill on us that actually sets aside money it already appropriated for the wall and allows him to postpone new construction indefinitely. There is no plan. This is what they call a border bill. I call it a border giveaway. Joe Biden is selling off the border for pennies on the dollar that the taxpayers have already paid for. It is online. You can go online and buy, in an auction, the wall and razor wire that is sitting on the ground mostly in Arizona, and you can buy it for 10 cents on the dollar.…
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