Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I am assuming this mike is live. Is that correct? It is, okay. Thank you very much and thank you for sitting in the Chair tonight. We appreciate you being here during this period of time. I think the person that just appeared before us said he does not know what Republicans stand for. Republicans stand for secure borders. We stand for a strong national security. We stand for an America that we represent Americans first, and that is what we stand for here tonight. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration has turned the United States Government, our government, whether you are a Republican, Democrat, or any other affiliation, into the largest human trafficking operation in the history of the world. And it is so sad to see that happen. It doesn't have to be that way. Let's go back to the January 20, just a little over a year ago. What happened? Remain in Mexico was ended. Border wall construction was ended. Catch-and-release was initiated. And that is exactly what we have seen in our country now over the last year. I am going to share my story, if I may, tonight. I have been here less than 2 years. The first trip that I took was down to the Arizona border in June of 2020. I saw the successes down there. I saw local units of government working with State and Federal Government to secure our borders, to make sure that those that chose to come into our country legally, they would get in line, and they would go through the process. It was under control.…”