Andy Biggs

Illinois may look maybe a little bit further. But they need to find ways to get on top of these problems.

If we are going to bail out underfunded or, you know, pensions for truckers and miners, are we not going to bail out Illinois' policemen and teachers?

I support policies to give all Americans access to retirement plans.

I thank the Chair, and this has been a very interesting hearing, and I really thank you for holding this hearing. This is an important hearing.

We have a Constitutional crisis because we have a Federal Government that is mandating to our sovereign States.

We have lost the sovereignty and control of our Southern Border.

Interviews with Border Patrol agents have resulted in the reasonable acceptance of the simple fact that migrants are directly responding to the Biden administration's policies.

The current crisis at our Southwest Border is worse than the migrant surges in both 2014 and 2019.

If you oppose illegal immigration, somehow that makes you a racist or a xenophobe. That is outrageous.

I urge my colleagues to do the same.

Democrats have said the events at the Capitol on January 6 were an assault on our democracy.

This hearing, however, I think, merely serves as yet another excuse to attack the legacy of President Donald Trump.

We've been talking and received some information of opinions on the executive power vis-`-vis legislative power, and that's a great debate to have some time.

The current crisis was created by the Biden Administration and our Democrat friends in Congress.

The most important issue, in my opinion, that this Subcommittee should be addressing is the border security.

This individual has not been to the border once, but the solutions are not a mystery. President Biden has to stand up and make a statement: You have to continue construction of the wall; reinstate the MPP program; reinstate the 12…

In some corridors right now, the number one drug being illegally transited into the United States is marijuana.

Walls and fences must work because it took me an hour and 15 minutes to walk from the garage to get here.

I think there should be agreement that federal drug policy must include border security and an enforcement approach that is balanced with other critical public health and safety initiatives.

The number one drug being illegally transited into the United States is marijuana.

I think that if we want to have serious dialogue about issues that all of us agree we are facing, we should have folks and representatives from all sides here.

This morning's hearing should be called Biden's border crisis is fueling drug smuggling which in turn will fuel drug addiction, death by drug overdose, and economic and societal distress.

It is now my privilege to yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Clyde).

I thank the gentleman for his speech. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good).

I thank my friend from Arizona for his very informative speech here about our coming, looming economic issues. Mr. Speaker, for the last 2 weeks, the majority has attacked the First Amendment; and now they are attacking the Second…