On the recordApril 10, 2024
I appreciate what I heard from the Senator from West Virginia, Senator Capito, and I am pleased to follow her and precede a number of my colleagues as we address the issue of the crisis at our southern border. I want to highlight something I heard her say and reiterate myself, this is a national security threat. There are many reasons to care about what is going on at our borders, and certainly you can take a look at the issue of sovereignty and the nature of our country. We need to enforce our laws, fentanyl and drugs, human trafficking, but sometimes overlooked is the reality of what a security threat a border like we have between the United States and Mexico is--but really all of our borders. They create a threat to the safety and well-being of the American people, the citizens of our country. And, yes, we have to deal with the growing drug and crime emergency. It is exacerbated. I have been talking to a number of law enforcement officers in Kansas--sheriff departments and police officers--and there is no question but what they see in Kansas, the challenges are exacerbated by the lack of security, the lack of law enforcement at our borders, and they see the consequences of that activity in human trafficking and drugs. It is important for us to talk about and focus on all of the things related to our national security. In my view, it is the primary responsibility of the Federal Government to make certain that Americans are safe.…
