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On the recordJune 8, 2022
Madam President, today, America looks like a country governed by teenagers who grew up reading ``Choose Your Own Adventure'' books. They got some authority and decided they could govern under a system of choose-your-own-laws. But a government that derives its power from the people cannot endure if its laws change every few years based on the whims of a select few in positions of power. That is, after all, why John Adams said we are ``a government of laws, not men.'' Folks, our laws are not a buffet. You can't pick and choose which ones to uphold and which to overlook based on your desires. But that is exactly what we are experiencing today under Democratic control. This is a political party that wants to rule but do so without following the rules. They want to break our institutions, rig the system in their favor, and fundamentally transform our country. Today, we are seeing the result of this radical agenda. Look no further than the Biden border crisis. U.S. law requires that immigrants be deported or detained pending determination if they don't have a legal right to be here, but under this administration, enforcement simply no longer exists. In September 2019, on the campaign trail, Joe Biden proudly said to those seeking asylum in America: You should come. In March 2020, he said: The only deportations that will take place are commissions of felonies.…
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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