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On the recordJune 12, 2024
I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, listening to my colleagues discussing the rule of law, I find it shocking because the average American is looking across their country wondering what happened to the rule of law. I watch my fellow Texans getting destroyed by dangerous cartels and individuals being allowed into the United States who are terrorists and people moving fentanyl into the communities that killed six kids in the school district in which I live. That is happening every single day. I watched a 75-year-old woman being put in prison by a politically motivated judge in the District of Columbia because she protested in front of an abortion clinic. I want to say that again: This Department of Justice is putting a 75- year-old woman in jail for 2 years who is dealing with physical infirmities because she was praying and protesting in front of an abortion clinic. That is astounding. That is what has happened to the rule of law. The American people are watching while statues are being defaced in the name of being pro-Palestinian, and people who are exercising their so- called free speech rights are advancing the cause of terrorism against our friends in Israel. All this is happening right here, mere feet from the White House, and the American people are wondering how this world got turned upside down.…
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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