Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am here today to join my colleague from West Virginia and others in, again, calling on the administration to secure our southern border. Last Thursday, I traveled to Brownsville, TX, with my colleagues to show support for the Border Patrol agents and see firsthand the situation at the border as title 42 expires. I traveled repeatedly to the southern border; and each time I go, I see more and more people coming across illegally. I have been to McAllen; I have been to Del Rio; I have been to Eagle Pass; I have been to El Paso, Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia-- both sides of the border. As I go each time, more and more people are crossing the border illegally. In the 3 days leading up to the end of title 42, Border Patrol reported 10,000-plus encounters each day and almost 83,000 for the week. In the first 6 months of fiscal year 2023, CBP encountered more than 1.5 million individuals--that is 6 months--1.5 million individuals in 6 months. That compares to about 2\1/2\ million crossings illegally last year. That means, at the pace we are on, it will be more than 3 million coming illegally this year. This truly is a crisis, and it is one that has been caused by the Biden administration's unwillingness to enforce the law and reinstate policies that have been shown very clearly to work in the last administration. In Brownsville, we saw the crisis firsthand.…”