Jack Bergman: “I thank Representative Johnson for yielding. It is an honor to be here on the floor with him tonight. Our country…”

“I thank Representative Johnson for yielding. It is an honor to be here on the floor with him tonight. Our country recognizes leadership at all levels, regardless of party ideology, and I see here on the floor real leadership, committed leadership. I rise today to express deep concern for the state of our Nation's southern border. Words matter, and it is time we start calling this situation what it really is: a crisis. In simple words, it is what it is. Don't try to paint it in many different ways. President Biden has invited this crisis through his words and in his executive actions, including terminating construction of the wall on our southern border. We need real leadership now. Now is not the time to be hiding. We need the leaders to step out and step up. It is time to put up and put out the political gamesmanship, put that all behind us and take a serious look at what is happening on the southern border. When I say a serious look, I mean that literally. Vice President Harris, let alone President Biden, has yet to visit the border since being charged with addressing the crisis there. The United States is and must always remain a free and welcoming Nation. We are all immigrants. We are immigrants by generations who came here for one of two reasons, for an opportunity or fleeing persecution. That hasn't changed. {time} 2030 We are also, and by all standards measured, a Nation of law and order, and our laws must be followed.…”