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On the recordFebruary 12, 2024
Madam President, often the titles of bills before the legislature don't really represent what the bill stands for. The title of this bill should say ``Ukraine First, America Last'' because that is what this is really about. Now, bills in the legislature, bills that come before the Senate, don't have pictures or covers on them like a book would have or a magazine. But if this bill had an image or a cover on the front of the bill, the image would be the migrant in New York who assaulted a police officer, was freed from jail on no bail, and gave the middle finger of both hands to America. That is what this bill is. It is the middle finger to America. This bill is the middle finger to every working man and woman in America, every struggling American family. This bill gives them the middle finger and says: We don't care about you. We care more about Ukraine than we care about our southern border. We don't seem to care or these ``Ukraine Firsters'' don't seem to care about the crime that is happening. They don't seem to care about the assault on a police officer in New York. They are intent on more coming in. Just that one image of that man, that migrant, that illegal immigrant who came across the border and decided to assault, with a whole group of other thugs, to assault a police officer in New York-- just that image alone ought to be enough for us to say: Enough is enough. Enough is enough. We really have to control our border. Guess what.…
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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