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On the recordDecember 20, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I wanted to address this body and commend my Republican colleagues for standing with this President. We are facing a national security crisis on our own homeland, at our borders, and our Commander in Chief has pleaded with us for the resources and tools necessary to secure the border and to protect the American people. The President understands his first job and the first job of the Federal Government, which is to keep its citizens safe. He understands and I believe most Americans understand that the current situation is anything but safe. Mr. Speaker, I am from the great State of Texas. Being a State along the border, I can tell you it is absolutely chaotic. This President has been hamstrung and for too long we have let people pour into this country illegally and we have allowed criminals and gang members and criminal activity and drugs. A lot of bad stuff comes over here and wreaks havoc on our communities on account of us being derelict in our duty to do our first job to provide for the common defense. So, Mr. Speaker, this President has come along at such a time as this--a strong man, a strong leader, who ran on an agenda to put America first and the American people first. That is exactly what he has done. I have never seen a politician more hell-bent, more doggedly committed to delivering on what he promised. At the center of those promises and that agenda that he ran on was securing the border and building the wall.…

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