Matt Gaetz: “The continuing resolution being offered today is a bad deal for Republicans. The entire premise of this continuing…”

“The continuing resolution being offered today is a bad deal for Republicans. The entire premise of this continuing resolution is that if Republicans surrender on every single issue except the border that it will be good politics because we will force the Democrats to defend bad border policy. However, Madam Speaker, surrender has been a virus that has afflicted my fellow Republicans for far too long. To prove the point, just look at the border policies that we are supposedly fighting for. The border policies that Republicans will argue for this morning represent a retreat from the border policies we took last night. Last night, we said we wouldn't fund DHS unless E-Verify was passed because they had to take up H.R. 2. Now we are saying we will give Mayorkas and the Biden administration more money even if they don't pass E-Verify. Overnight, in the last 11 hours, the Republican border position has gotten weaker through this continuing resolution. That is why I am voting against it. We cannot be serious about border security without E-Verify. I will fight for E-Verify. Eleven hours ago, the Republicans fought for E- Verify, and now the white flag of surrender. ____________________”