Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to give an update on what is happening on our southwest border. It seems a lot of the national media has stopped focusing on that area. I talked to the people in Oklahoma and asked: What is going on on the southwest border? What has changed? Interestingly enough, just 2 days ago, President Biden and his team released what is the current status of what they call the ``border challenge.'' They talked about it, and here is the update. This comes from the White House itself, their update. They stated this: There is improved processing of unaccompanied children. The administration successfully reduced the number of unaccompanied children in Customs and Border Protection custody. The second thing they list is that the administration has reduced the average amount of time children are in Customs and Border Protection facilities. The third thing they list is that the administration has reduced the number of unaccompanied children in the care of Health and Human Services. Then they move on and say that they removed barriers to unifying children with parents and sponsors in the United States. And they go through and give the details of how much better they are at unifying parents and children here in the United States. Interestingly enough, when you read through this and just look at the language, you think, gosh, the numbers are going significantly down-- until you slow down and ask the question.…”