John Rutherford: “As a former sheriff, I dedicated my life to holding rule breakers accountable, and I am here to tell you this morning…”

“As a former sheriff, I dedicated my life to holding rule breakers accountable, and I am here to tell you this morning that President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas are rule breakers. Their inaction on securing the southern border is not a failed policy, Madam Speaker--it is their policy. For over a thousand days now they have refused to secure our southern border. The House tried to intervene when we jointly passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, the strongest border security bill in history. While Senator Schumer and President Biden refused to act on this bill, we continue to see record numbers of illegal immigrants at our border, increasing rates of fentanyl poisoning, and an uptick in our national security threats. Senator Schumer and President Biden falsely claim that they need additional authority to fix this situation at the southern border. That is blatantly false. If the President cared about truly securing the border, Madam Speaker, all he has to do is undo the 94 executive actions that he has taken since becoming President that have created this crisis at the southern border and support States like Texas and others in their efforts to secure their own borders, and he can sign H.R. 2 into law. I am proud to join with Representative Hinson and my other colleagues in demanding that the President enforce our laws on the books today to immediately address this crisis at the border.…”