Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from Colorado for her remarks. Mrs. Boebert talked about the wall that is not being built; unfulfilled contracts, Mr. Speaker, costing, as Secretary Mayorkas told us today, $72 million, $72 million to not build the border wall, to not honor the contracts that the United States has made with the contractors, $72 million. Yet they are asking for more money. Mrs. Boebert also knows that even though we have contracted for more beds to deal with the influx, we actually leave them empty while we pay NGOs--nongovernmental organizations--to put these people up in hotels. And I will remind you, Mr. Speaker, that the folks whom I serve--my bosses--can barely afford their groceries or their gas, but they are forced to pay for this. We will talk about national security because border security is national security. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the good gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cloud).”