Jeff Van Drew

I don't give a damn if you are a Republican or a Democrat. Don't pretend to do something and do nothing.

When they ignore every law they can and dismantle every policy they can, there can be only one conclusion, and it is to change the country.

The United States Coast Guard is currently operating at approximately a 4,800-member deficit, and it's across its workforce.

Are they as physically fit when they leave Cape May?

Where are the golden standards of which the United States military and the Coast Guard has always operated?

Nobody would ever say that somebody shouldn't be admitted because they are male, female, transgender, gay, straight. It's not what I am speaking about. I am speaking about standards.

I am speaking about standards.

I am really proud of you guys. I want you to understand that.

I believe, in my opinion, it's due to this administration's woke military agenda, which prioritizes DEI initiatives instead of continuing the tradition of seeking the best of the best.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas infiltrated Israel and brutally attacked and murdered thousands of men, women, children, and babies, taking 240 hostages, including those that were so unbelievably innocent. Women were beaten. Women were raped…

What we need in this country are those great words, 'peace through strength,' because where there is weakness, there is always war.

I would respectfully disagree with you. We are where we are now. And certainly, look how that worked out for us.

This, again, is a tragedy that President Biden could have prevented, but has failed to do so because he has created an era of weakness around the world.

I believe President Biden has failed our country. He grossly mishandled our Afghanistan withdrawal. It was a sign of weakness.

A nation without borders is not a nation at all. Currently, we have an administration that prioritizes illegal immigrants over American citizens, over our own constituents. Since President Biden took office, more than 8 million illegal…

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Secretary Mayorkas in a private meeting with Border Patrol... admitted that more than 85 percent of illegal aliens encountered at the Southwest border were being released into the country.

I am here to say that this policy, in my opinion, is arbitrary. It is dangerous. It is overreaching.

We, the United States Government, the executive branch of the United States Government, de facto right now, as we speak, are subsidizing child slavery.

He wants to strip you of the ability to protect your family, your community, and your country.

Talk about Big Brother.

There are times I reflect, now, and I say to myself maybe I wish that mother, that woman who could have received training and been a responsible gun owner, would have had an opportunity to protect her children and herself from that husband.

We are tired of big Government.

No, we are not Europe. No, we are not other countries. No, we are not a globalist country. We are American exceptionalists.

People in America, in the United States of America, do like to have their independence. They like to have their autonomy. They like to have their freedom.