Susan Collins: “You would think by just listening to this debate that we were sitting here debating funding and we were debating guns…”

“You would think by just listening to this debate that we were sitting here debating funding and we were debating guns, and that is actually not the case. You see, Mr. Chair, what the Biden administration is trying to do is just another glaring example in a long list of glaring examples of what they have done to destroy the American fabric as we know it. Mr. Chair, you can look at inflation, and you can look at the wokeness in the military, but this is actually about an invasion, and now they are wanting to take a national park and turn it into a migrant camp. I want to tell you something, Mr. Chair: If you give this administration an inch, they will take a mile. That is just the beginning of this. People want to go see their national parks. They want to go see the Grand Canyon. They don't want to see a grand caravan. Instead of punishing Americans for its failures, the Biden administration should look to actual long-lasting solutions to the border crisis. House Republicans, Mr. Chairman, knew exactly right. We have already acted by passing H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. Mr. Chair, I want to urge all of my colleagues to support this bill and protect our national parks.”