Andy Biggs

I wish we were hearing not deflective statements but the actual truth here. Here is the way it works. There is nothing in this bill that says you don't count everybody. You do count everybody. The thing they really don't want us to know is…

Of course, every single Democrat voted against the great border security bill, H.R. 2. That is how serious they are not. Every person is counted under this bill. Why can't we ask them what their citizenship is? I yield 2 minutes to the…

As my friend knows, the Commerce case held specifically you can ask the citizenship question on the Census. That is true. You can do that. That is what we are proposing. Additionally, he misstated the rationale on why the Commerce case…

We've got the goods. We've got the receipts.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

We need a strong border. That is what is going to prevent them from coming into the United States.

It is an organized, well-oiled machine working to carrying out this mass migration.

The Biden Administration seems committed to funding these NGOs.

So, you liaison with the law enforcement, they liaison with you. They say we have a child that we're going to rescue, and you guys are then able to step in and help out.

But you know what needs to happen? You need to close the border.

So, I am bringing this up is because of this radical left-wing Democrat, their subservience to Joe Biden's policies prevent them from even acknowledging the crisis on the border until now.

This is the same Secretary who tells his ICE agents you cannot remove 1 million, 1.2 million people who have actually had due process through the courts and have active removal orders. He is the same Secretary who said that we don't have…

Our geographical integrity is gone, because we don't have the southern border.

It is worse than it's ever been in my experience of going to the border.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson). We appreciate him. I played with him on the baseball team. He was the catcher, and we will miss his catching abilities. God bless him in his future endeavors. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the…

You are being asked to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security today with no policy changes even. That is what you are being asked. But more than that, you are being asked to continue all the other programs, the crazy subsidies for…

Can I interject something? We have been talking about Eagle Pass, and I have a bit of breaking news for you. Those who were with me, we actually drove through the golf course to get to a couple of our points.

Because they can't get there. You know what? My colleagues on the Democrat side, they will tell you that there is no problem down on the border because they really don't think there is. I think this is an existential crisis.

The record number for apprehensions was 302,000 plus-- 302,000 people. That would have put it clearly within the top 20 largest cities in this country, when you think about that.

The gentleman is correct. The reason is because they want to facilitate you getting through faster and we want to distribute you throughout the country, at least this administration does. You register with the CBP One app. Well, they are…

If you want to come into the country illegally, they want to slow--they want to get some of you to come into the port of entry, so they have created an app. You preregister as an illegal alien say: I am going to be coming, and I want to be…

The Second Amendment empowers women and assists individuals when it comes to self-defense.

The real problem is in Red States. It is Blue cities.

I used to be a prosecutor who prosecuted domestic violence cases.

It is an honor to serve with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good). Let me say two things. I am more than willing to be here over the next 5 weeks if it means that we can work to get these things addressed. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you…