Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to oppose the previous question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6184, the HALT Fentanyl Act. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that we are in what many are calling the third wave of the American opioid epidemic which has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. In fact, the leading cause of death in America today for folks between the ages of 18 and 45 is fentanyl. It is not COVID. It is not climate change. No, it is fentanyl. And we know for a fact that every single Member of this Chamber represents districts that are being significantly impacted by the gross influx of narcotics in our communities. You know, last March, I stood here on this very floor next to my husband's SWAT vest as our colleagues on the left worked to defund, and ultimately did defund our police. I stated then that Members of Congress should be required to do ride-alongs with local law enforcement so that they may see firsthand the very dangerous challenges that our law enforcement officers face on a daily basis. To date, not a single one has taken me up on that challenge. However, I have done several ride-alongs, as well as three trips to the southwest border. Had our Democrat colleagues taken me up on our ride-along challenge they would have seen firsthand the drugs that are free-flowing across the southwest border, courtesy of trafficker-in- chief Biden, into our communities. It is not hard to find examples of this.…”