Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, today, I rise on behalf of my constituents in western North Carolina to demand accountability for the Biden administration's continued inaction at our southern border. After more than 7.9 million illegal immigrant encounters in only 3\1/ 2\ years, the American people are wondering when will enough be enough for the Biden administration to finally stand up and stop this disaster at our border, a disaster that Joe Biden's policies have directly caused. Tuesday, June 3, Joe Biden issued an executive order that claimed to finally restrict migrants' ability to seek asylum if they crossed into the country illegally, but if you look at that executive order closely, you will realize this is just more smoke and mirrors. The executive order is nothing more than a desperate political stunt to stabilize his election numbers and does nothing to actually restore order or secure our border. The executive order continues to allow at least 2,500 illegal crossings per day, giving the green light to nearly 1 million new illegal crossings every year. While 1 million crossings may not be Joe Biden's personal best, it is still a record high number of crossings per year across past administrations. Worst of all, the executive order exempts unaccompanied children from the tally so human traffickers and parents are just going to continue to smuggle minors illegally across the border. Need us forget that for the last 3 years, Biden has insisted that there is no border crisis.…”