Mark Meadows: “I would like to say that I have a solution for all of this. The gentlewoman was just talking about an emergency. The…”

“I would like to say that I have a solution for all of this. The gentlewoman was just talking about an emergency. The chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is talking about the Coast Guard. I will join both of them in making sure that we fund it, if they will join me in appropriating $3.7 billion to secure our southern border. If it is an emergency, then let's get together and work in a bipartisan fashion. But do you know what? This is not about an emergency. This is about talking points, this is about politics, and it is about wanting an open border; and they know it. But I am willing to work with them. I see the gentleman from California. I am willing to work with him on the Coast Guard. It is his passion. Let's fund the Coast Guard, and let's fund the border. We will get together. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, for 43 years the President of the United States has had the statutory authority granted by this Congress to declare a national emergency and to reprogram unobligated military construction funds to meet that emergency. Fifty-eight times previous Presidents have invoked this authority to address such matters as civil unrest in Sierra Leone and Burma.…”