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On the recordJune 15, 2021
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of America's fiscal future as it is envisioned in the RSC budget. For the first time since I have been here in 5 years, we have managed to assemble a very reasonable path forward to fiscal stability for our country. I have language in this bill reflective of the crisis at the border. My legislation, H.R. 2729, the Finish the Wall Act, is included in the language of the underlying bill. On President Biden's first day in office, he halted the use of border security funds allocated by Congress, ended all ongoing construction of the border wall, and implemented very weak border policies that have had dire consequences for our Nation. We have had over 1 million illegal crossings thus far this year. In history, it has never been this high. We have had surges here and there in 2014 and 2019, yes, under various administrations for various reasons. But we have never had 1.1 million illegal crossings into our country. Our border has created layers of crisis, and we must deal with it. We must act. We must force action from our executive. The debt that we face as a nation is crippling, and the generations yet unborn will not survive a $31 trillion debt that we are looking at right now. America will not continue to exist as we know it with that type of crippling debt. But we won't get there.…
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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