Tom McClintock

Let me be very clear. The Chair of this Committee said, as it relates to the impeachment of the Secretary, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

We are a Nation of laws, or we are not a Nation at all.

We have a broken immigration system on many levels.

This frightens me, because it is a brave new world if it's replacing the Constitutional republic that our Founders envisioned.

Those powers once summoned are not easily contained and could one day be turned against them.

The authoritarian left applauds these developments because they believe the policy outcomes favors their goals.

When we speak of threats to democracy, it seems to me the ultimate threat is a government that's detached from the will of the electorate.

These settlements are making laws quite independent from the elected representatives.

Our chance to set things right is quickly passing from our hand.

I think the proceedings today are extremely important.

I know the authoritarian left applauds these developments because they believe the policy outcomes favors their goals.

Isn't this a quintessential threat to democracy when laws are imposed not by the elected Representatives of the people, but entirely contrary to their wishes as they express them through the vote?

We have had an election, the House is in the majority, we don't agree with the massive spending that has taken place under this administration.

It is frustrating to hear this partisan blame going back and forth.

If you don't like our plan, why isn't the Senate passing a bill? Why isn't the President proposing something?

Is there a more profound threat to democracy than that?

First, I would like to remind my Democratic colleagues that the House acted last month to increase the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion. They all voted against it.

There has been a massive expansion of the Federal Government intruding in every area of our lives, and we have to pull it back.

Completely separates the government from the control of the people, which is the very definition of a democracy.

The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided.

Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act foreign nationals claiming asylum are required to be detained until their claim is heard. Are they?

It is well past time that we enforce the law, secure our border, and we should pass--the Senate should pass the bill that we passed in the House just a few weeks ago, so we can get our border under control and secure.

It is basically becoming impossible since Biden changed those policies, is that correct?

I ask unanimous consent.

And the trestle project would have prevented that, would it not?