While the Members of the United States Congress exit the Chamber, as they often do after whatever the majority deems appropriate to have on the floor of the House--which there was obviously the important National Defense Authorization Act-- nevertheless, in my home State of Texas, the people of Texas are under siege with wide open borders. And so right now, as we have Members of Congress, all 400 and something of my colleagues, who just left the Chamber, they are going off now to go have a steak dinner, go have a glass of wine, go hang out with some of their colleagues, meet up with some folks here in the District of Columbia. But some 1,500 or maybe more miles away in Texas, we have a State and a people who are dealing with the consequences of an administration that fails to faithfully execute the laws of the United States and leaves Texas wide open to be harmed, endangered, and nobody in this body on the other side of the aisle seems to care in the slightest bit. I went down to south Texas a couple weeks ago with my friend, Senator Ted Cruz. We met with ranchers in Roma, Texas. We met with leaders and ranchers and law enforcement in Uvalde, Texas. We met with the leaders of Webb County in Laredo, Texas. We went down to McAllen, Texas. All places that President Joe Biden has seemingly never been to in his 50 years of public service. Certainly hasn't been there since he has been President.…
On the recordSeptember 23, 2021
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