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On the recordSeptember 27, 2019
We recognize that this border wall, over and over again, has been said to be designated as an action of the sovereign nation of Mexico. Why, then, are the people of the United States, the taxpayers, voting for something that was promised by someone else? Vote for this resolution and help the men and women in the United States military. Stand with them. Stand with them. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of our Constitution and in defense of our republic and urge all members to join me in voting for S.J. Res. 54, which terminates the phony declaration of emergency issued by the President on February 15, 2019. The reason this resolution is before us today is because of the petulant intransigence of a single person, the current President of the United States. As a senior member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security, I visited the southern border on numerous occasions several times and can state confidently that there is no national emergency or national security crisis that justified the President's reckless and unconstitutional decision or compels the Congress to abdicate its responsibilities under Article I to check and balance the Executive Branch.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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