Political Quotes

“I appreciate the opportunity to address the disaster at our southern border. The grief that has been brought upon the American people in the past 3 years is unspeakable. It was brought on strictly by policy change. It is the exact same 1,954 miles of border that we had under President Trump. We have the same equipment, the same men, the same women. We are spending more money. We spent $20 billion more last year than we did 3 years ago. It is not about money. It is not about men or equipment. There is no enhanced desire by the cartels to make money. They traffic human beings and drugs. They have been doing it quite successfully for a long time. We had backed the cartels up very effectively by the time we hit 2019 and 2020 under the Trump administration, under Trump policies. President Biden, once inaugurated, immediately began flipping those policies. This is what has happened. This is why you have had 12 million illegal crossings in 3 years. This is why you have 300,000 Americans dead, from opioids smuggled into our country across the southern border in the past 3 years. It is the number one cause of death for Americans 18-45 years old. We have never had that in the history of our country. It is drug poisoning. Our sovereignty has disintegrated at the southern border. This body, the people's House, acted last year. H.R.…”