Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania and the chairman of the Freedom Caucus. I thank him for leading on this issue and thank him for putting together a hearing yesterday so we could hear from people who are on the ground at the southern border. It was so difficult to look these Border Patrol agents in the eye and hear their frustration, to hear their hearts cry, to say that they feel useless in their capacity, in their jobs. They said that they used to work all day and go home feeling like they had accomplished something. But since Biden took office, that is no longer the case. Since January 20, when the so-called President of the United States canceled construction of the border wall, since then these men and women have felt like they are not providing a service to the American people. When I was talking with these agents, one thing that they said was, This isn't a resource issue. We aren't here to ask for more money. We aren't here to ask for more personnel or more infrastructure. We just need policy. Policy solves this. Returning to the Trump-era policies solves this. Canceling construction of a border wall and still continuing to pay out Federal contracts, $5 million each day, is not solving this problem. Nearly 2 million illegal aliens coming into our country, and that is not even counting the hundreds of thousands of got-aways that are not included in that number.…”