On the recordJanuary 10, 2019
This is one of those opportunities, now that we have the new session of Congress up and running, to come up here and sort of walk through some of the math and the reality. And, look, it is always fascinating when we hear, you know, the discussion of, well, there is $5 billion for security and the barriers, but I just want to say to everyone, before we sort of go into the presentation of the actual math of what is going on in our society, you do realize the total amount that is being discussed as the plus-up for the border security is less than we borrow in 2 days. It is less than 2 days of borrowing. I mean, we live in this world of absurdity where the politics actually have outstripped sort of the reality and the math. And, look, I accept that there is part of our society that so desperately doesn't want the White House to ever get any of its priorities, they will burn the place down, but come on. Being from a border State, you know, come and see the fentanyl, the heroin, the human exploitation that is happening not only across the country, but particularly for those of us that are from border States. But that isn't why I had reserved tonight's time. I actually want to make sure that once we get beyond this partial shutdown and we maybe get back to the business of governing, we actually start to have some understanding of the reality of what our society is up against.…
