On the recordSeptember 19, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Representative Biggs, for hosting tonight's Special Order hour, along with my good friend Brian Babin, as well, talking about the devastating impact the crisis at our southern border is causing our country. Every State is a border State. Obviously, we have lost a loved one in Georgia. I got a text, interestingly enough, today from a small rural town in my district that basically they said it is a Third World country here. This is in rural America. She said that she doesn't mean to complain, but they can't even go to the grocery store. I am sure it has been said here many times tonight: Over the past 4 years, the Biden-Harris administration has had an open-border policy. When those candidates, when they were running for President, raised their hands and said that we would give away free healthcare--every single one of them raised their hand. We should have known then what was going to happen. I don't understand why the American people weren't alerted by that because I have been on mission trips to these countries. I have tried to help these people in their home country with medical, buildings, and other things. They have no healthcare. Since the Biden-Harris administration took office, and with Kamala Harris as border czar, there have been over 10 million illegal immigrant encounters and roughly 2 million known got-aways. Got-aways are here for a different reason. It is not good.…





