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Andy Biggs: Let's litigate the border some more, and let's talk about how these things get funded. If that is the new deal that you…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
Let's litigate the border some more, and let's talk about how these things get funded. If that is the new deal that you throw an omnibus bill because you don't bother to do your 12 bills and you are going to say, Oh, you voted against something, then we should start talking about all of the bad programs and policies that you all voted for in that omnibus bill that has left us with $2 trillion in deficit this year. That is what you did. You added $2 trillion to the national debt. Mr. Chair, the bottom line is they have an individual here, Mr. Crumpacker, who has basically said we are not going to provide information to the DHS-OIG. What are we going to do about it? We are going to say, Oh, that is just too bad. That is too bad. Mr. Chair, we have a massive border problem. I don't even think my colleague across the aisle would disagree with that. Last Friday in the Rules Committee, the gentleman from Massachusetts said there was no border crisis. I thought that was intriguing. You got 11,000 people rolling through the Tucson sector. Those are the encounters. They don't get those kinds of groups in Tucson because they are getting the runners. But you know what, the whole border is in disarray, and that is between the ports of entry. That is your ports of entry that you are so pleased with. You have the CBP One app bringing people in by the tens of thousands. I think we need to hold Mr. Crumpacker responsible. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.…
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Andy Biggs
Republican · Arizona
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Sep 27, 2023

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