Tim Moore: “I had some prepared remarks, but as I have talked about this and looked at it even more, this is probably one of the…”

“I had some prepared remarks, but as I have talked about this and looked at it even more, this is probably one of the most commonsense bills that will come before this Congress. This bill simply says if someone reenters or if someone commits a felony, that this law applies. These comments from the other side to try to confuse this issue, to misrepresent the issue, make no sense. Surely, of all of the things in the world that we can disagree on, perhaps we can at least agree that we should not be allowing felons in this country, and that when someone is here illegally and commits a felony that this law ought to apply. Have not the events of the last recent days shown that we have enough problems already? Why would we want to have felons from outside this country to come in? I think about what we were talking about a few days ago back in North Carolina--my colleagues Mr. Knott and Mr. Harris are here--with the senseless murder of the young Ukrainian lady on the light-rail line. It turns out, by the way, that she and her family lived in my district. Then, of course, there is also the senseless murder yesterday, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the violence and evil that is all around us. This is one step to try to prevent and stem even more of that possibly happening.”