Political Quotes

“Tomorrow, this Chamber will host President Biden as he delivers his third State of the Union Address. He will likely tout his anti-energy agenda and out-of-control government spending that has resulted in crippling inflation not seen in decades, not seen since I was a senior in high school. He will also attempt to blame congressional Republicans for his own failure to secure our borders, which, as most Americans know, is a crisis caused by this President. In a rare recent visit to the border in Brownsville, Texas, President Biden expressed a dire need for Republicans to ``show a little spine'' and pass legislation. Some of the folks living in that border town saw straight through the visit. One resident put it best. ``By a stroke of the pen,'' he said, ``you could stop this. You don't need Congress.'' Others called the visit too little, too late. I couldn't agree more. This isn't just an important issue for the folks living along the border. In fact, this issue is the number one issue facing the country. It is an issue in my home State, where 50 Tennessee National Guard soldiers volunteered recently to deploy to the southern border to help Border Patrol officials combat drug, crime, and human trafficking. Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State because of its deep tradition of volunteer military service, a nickname that comes with a lot of pride.…”