I wonder if the gentleman might indulge, I had planned a couple of things that were border related, but I also have another topic that he might be interested in. I want to set the stage for something I hope is viewed positively because I believe right now what we are seeing is as Sam Adams put it: You don't need a majority, but you need tireless minorities being willing to set brushfires of freedom. What we are seeing across the country are people willing to set brushfires of freedom. A couple of different issues. Right now we have a President of the United States who has set forth an unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, and tyrannical vaccine mandate that companies have to bow down to the altar of this White House and do what he says. And I say: No, they don't; and the Governor of Texas says: No, you don't. Guess what, Mr. Speaker? Southwest Airlines decided to play footsie with this tyrannical order, and the pilots said, no; the employees of Southwest said, no; a lot of their customers said no; and people like me and others called them to task. Guess what Southwest did, Mr. Speaker? They backed off a bit. They have now said: We are not going to fire people; we will give them unpaid leave. I said to Southwest: That is not good enough. You need to let them work. You need to let them carry out their livelihoods. But God bless us, that is a move in the right direction. Delta Airlines said: Well, we are not necessarily going to do that mandate.…
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