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On the recordJuly 18, 2023
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would note that my colleague on the other side of the aisle from Pennsylvania referred to the crisis that we are experiencing on the southern border as a ``fake'' crisis. I just want everyone in America to understand: Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle believe that what we are experiencing on the southern border is a fake crisis. She said: demonizing migrants. She is criticizing Governor Abbott for having to deal with the crisis that they call fake. Governor Abbott, yes, moved migrants from Texas to other parts of the country, just like the mayor of El Paso and just like the mayor of New York. The mayor of New York, by the way, exists in a sanctuary city and then wants to come begging the Federal Government for money. That is the truth. We know precisely what is going on along the southern border, and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are not just in denial, they are literally making up facts. They are saying things that are completely untrue. Did the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have to appropriate $10 billion--$10 billion?…
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Chip Roy
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