Cory Booker

We know that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that it is unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by noncitizens encountered between the ports of entry.

We need to start looking at other ways to solve this crisis that may not have been in the playbook at all in our past efforts with the so-called war on drugs from decades past.

We need to start looking at other ways to solve this crisis that may not have been in the playbook at all in our past efforts with the so-called war on drugs from decades past.

The role that China is playing in that is something that should be at the center of our focus in dealing with this, correct?

We know that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that it is unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by noncitizens encountered between the ports of entry.

it is unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by noncitizens encountered between the ports of entry who are making claims of credible fear and seeking asylum.

We need to start looking at other ways to solve this crisis that may not have been in the playbook at all in our past efforts with the so-called war on drugs from decades past.

The role that China is playing in that is something that should be at the center of our focus in dealing with this, correct?

the problem at the border is real. It spiked tremendously under the Trump administration relative to the Obama administration.

That is an extraordinary act of grace and generosity. It is only topped by your wisdom and sagacity, my friend.

That is an extraordinary act of grace and generosity. It is only topped by your wisdom and sagacity, my friend.

Again, we should be concerned about China as a whole. And the difference between us and China is that we are a democracy. And we have great alliances.

This is an administration, from its very beginning, has been reaching out across the aisle and finding good ways to counter and check China's aggressions.

I want to get something to the president's desk that will make Americans safer, that will give more confidence in American policing and more transparency and accountability when things go wrong.

The president and the United States Military did what they did, that is, in my opinion, very just and very defensible.

This is a time we need to unite on both sides of the aisle, not engage in partisanship.

We are a nation right now that should set the global standard for professionalism policing, and we are falling short of that to the horror of more and more Americans.

We should remember that this is now known to have happened under the Trump administration multiple times.

When you hear encouraging things from people like him, it gives me the sense that we could do something possibly in the Senate.

This is not just a Ukrainian issue. This is very much, as I think my senior senator and chairman said, an issue that all Americans should be concerned with.

I really appreciate you recognizing me for a moment. We are about to adjourn the Senate. Many Senators will travel back to their home States to do work, to meet with constituents, to go forward, but something is happening tomorrow that I…

If we do not face this Russian aggression here, we will see the crisis expand in ways that threaten the world order and stability that we have fought and invested in generations to establish not just in Europe, but globally.

If we do not face this Russian aggression here, we will see the crisis expand in ways that threaten the world order and stability that we have fought and invested in generations to establish not just in Europe, but globally.

This is not just a Ukrainian issue. This is very much, as I think my senior senator and chairman said, an issue that all Americans should be concerned with.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:09 p.m., adjourned until Monday, January 30, 2023, at 3 p.m. ____________________