On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
I would agree with my friend from Pennsylvania. I appreciate him having this time on the floor, and I appreciate my colleagues for coming down. The State of Texas is on the front lines under siege, the communities that I represent, dealing with the scourge of open borders, the dangers that are provided by cartels, and the illegal elements that come across the border on a daily basis--and this body does nothing about it. This week we are going to entertain legislation that will do nothing to combat China. Nothing to stop China from continuing to run rampant around the world, violating human rights, undermining our national security. We are going to put together a nonsense bill that is a Green New Deal agenda, a pacify and appease China bill. We should be saying what the woman from Texas said to the coach of the Miracle on Ice hockey team: Beat those Commie bastards. That is what we ought to be saying. That is what we ought to be doing. But no, no, no, here we sit doing nothing. But you know what we are doing, we are sleeping while our border is wide open. But worse than that, the Biden administration and Secretary Mayorkas are taking purposeful steps to open our border, disregard the law, and to fail to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. Our country is in danger and Americans are dying. Americans are dying specifically because of the actions of the Secretary of Homeland Security. That is what is actually occurring.…
