On the recordJune 25, 2019
We have been hearing for quite some time Democrats saying that the President and Republicans have not been coming to the table on this issue. What nonsense. For months, we have watched Democrats absolutely deny that there is a crisis. Actually, I have, on my desk, a list of page after page after page of quotes from my colleagues who are denying a crisis at the border. Not only have Republicans for nearly 40 years been ringing the alarm on this issue, but we have been highlighting caravan after caravan after caravan coming to our southern border. In May, we had 144,000 apprehended, nearly 700,000 to date, and that number is expected to go well over a million. Do we have a humanitarian crisis at the border? Yes. Do we have a border security crisis? Yes. But this bill does not even adequately fund ICE. It does not pay overtime for border personnel. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
