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On the recordJuly 24, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me just get this straight. By the minority's logic, because Republicans are talking about Vice President Harris, we are somehow afraid of Vice President Harris. That is quite amazing because, for the last 8 years, they have been talking about President Trump. Let the American people decide who is afraid of who. To the attack that we have done nothing about the southern border, I can give the Democrats some ideas of what to do. How about they can start requesting that the administration go back and repeal the 94 executive orders they issued when they took office which repealed President Trump's executive orders to secure the southern border. That would be a great start. You don't even need congressional action to undo those executive orders. I have not heard one of my Democratic colleagues call for any of those executive orders to be reversed. Here is another good idea: H.R. 2. This Chamber passed H.R. 2. It was the first border security bill that was passed in this Chamber, I believe, since the mid-nineties. That was a great bill. It ended catch and release. It reinstated remain in Mexico. It required that this administration finish the border wall. That would definitely halt illegal immigration. That is sitting over in the Senate. Maybe my friends from across the aisle here could ask the other Chamber to run that bill. Just a few ideas. I love it when I hear my colleagues talking about so-called bans.…
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Guy Reschenthaler
Republican · Pennsylvania

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