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On the recordJune 22, 2023
I am honored to be here today to support Representative Boebert's request for this to be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security with regard to the dereliction of duty under this administration and this President's policies. As a United States Army combat veteran, I have fought abroad for the majority of my adult life. I have spent over 7 years of my life in Iraq, over 3 years of my life in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Pakistan, and northern Somalia. I have been blown up twice, and I am a Bronze Star recipient. I went overseas for the purpose of protecting this Nation and ensuring that terrorists do not have the ability to come to threaten our lives and threaten our children, but under the failed policies of this President just this last year, in the last 7 months, we have had over 96 people who are on the known terrorist watch list who have crossed our borders. I would love to know from this President and from everyone else here: Why did my brothers go and die in the thousands? Why did we waste 20- plus years of our lives fighting terrorism? Why did we go ahead and botch the Afghan withdrawal and leave our allies behind if we were just going to open our borders anyway to them? Tell me why it was that we were going to vote to fight in these wars to protect this Nation when this President and his failed policies were going to do nothing but open up our borders to the terrorists who are coming across daily.…
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Janet Mills
Democratic · Maine
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govinfo.gov
Jun 22, 2023

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