Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 27, 2022
Madam Speaker, I live in northern Wisconsin over 1,000 miles away from the southern border. Yet, the impacts of President Biden's open border are being felt right in our backyard. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office where they shared the local impacts that they are feeling from the Biden administration's open border, especially from illegal drugs. Madam Speaker, 1.5 pounds of meth with a cartel stamp was recovered in Radisson, Wisconsin, a tiny little burg. Madam Speaker, \1/4\ pound of heroin with a cartel stamp was recovered in Sawyer County, and fentanyl drug busts have become a regular occurrence. There they are. Cartel stamps there. In many respects, they are running America at this point. Madam Speaker, I agree with Mayor Adams of New York City and Mayor Bowser right here in Washington, D.C., that every State is now a border State. Just look at those images. This is now all over the country poisoning Americans. These aren't overdoses, they are poisonings. They are deliberate at this point. While you in the mainstream media keep deflecting from the Biden-orchestrated crisis at the southern border, cartels are getting richer, and Americans are losing loved ones. Last year, the U.S. saw a tsunami of overdose deaths, over 100,000 now dying annually. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death of Americans from 18 to 45.…
Said by
Tom Tiffany
Republican · Wisconsin

Share & report

More from Tom Tiffany

Dec 3, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany) that the House suspend the rules and…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-03
Dec 3, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 7326. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-03
Sep 9, 2024

Isn't it correct that the Vice President called for the end of ICE detainers as an elected official?

congress.gov
Sep 10, 2024

Are people in Western Wisconsin right to be concerned that this crime wave in the Twin Cities may end up over in their back door?

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation