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On the recordFebruary 11, 2024
I rise today to lay out in somewhat abbreviated terms how exactly Joe Biden is responsible for the border crisis and what Americans would like to see. He alone, right now, can solve this issue. I think there has been a lot of discussion about improving some of the laws that are currently on the books. I think the work that was done to try to do that, in my view, didn't accomplish that, but nevertheless we are here on Super Bowl Sunday to consider something else. I don't mind working on Super Bowl Sunday; I grew up in a blue-collar family. Missourians work hard. Working on a Sunday is no big deal. But you have to ask: What would keep us in today? What would Chuck Schumer push--which, by the way, if he is a poker player, it was like the worst tell of all time. Everybody knew he was going to try to jam us right before a 2-week break. I have only been here a year, and I knew that. It was coming. But what could be so important when we have a $34 trillion debt, a border that is wide open? It is what the center of gravity of this whole thing has been about the whole time, which is sending $61 billion to a foreign country. We should have a robust debate about that. We absolutely should, but we are lying to ourselves if we somehow believe that is more important to Americans than securing our own border. It is not. You know it when you go home and you talk to people, what they are talking--the polling certainly doesn't indicate that. But here we are. It is fine.…
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Eric Schmitt
Republican · Missouri

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