Political Quotes

“Another month and another record, as the crisis at our southern border has gotten worse. Under President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas' watch, the Federal Government has completely ceded control of our border to Mexican drug cartels. Yet, time and time again, Secretary Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that the border is secure. Well, the facts tell a different story. Late last Friday, CBP reported that December 2022 had the highest number of illegal crossings at our southern border ever recorded--over 251,000 illegal migrant encounters in just 1 month. In fiscal year 2022, we saw a record-breaking 98 people on the terrorist watch list attempt to cross the border. Since October, we are already on track to break that number, with 38 people caught trying to illegally come into the interior of our country. How many more suspected terrorists have to cross over the border for this administration to take the crisis seriously? CBP seized over 9,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl that the cartels attempted to smuggle across our border. That is enough to kill over 2 billion innocent lives. Madam Speaker, it is far past time that we hold the Biden administration accountable for its complete dereliction of duty to secure our borders. That is why I am glad that, next week, Chairman Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee will be holding the first of many hearings on this crisis.…”