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On the recordSeptember 30, 2021
I come to the floor today in having heard the Senator from Washington--the senior Senator from Washington, a Democrat leader--talk about something in this Senate Chamber, and she called it outrageous. Let me tell you what I find outrageous. Outrageous is the fact that people all across this country are facing crisis after crisis, all caused by the Democrats who are in charge of the House, the Senate, and the White House. And on this day, the final day of the fiscal year, we are spending time on a nominee who is completely unfit for the job for which she has been nominated. That is outrageous. But it has been one outrageous thing after another that I hear about in Wyoming each weekend. In August, it was the chaotic abandoning of Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of 13 American heroes; hundreds more individuals who lost their lives, or Afghani citizens--one of those brave soldiers, Rylee McCollum, a marine, age just 20, was from Wyoming. President Biden's activities in Afghanistan, they were outrageous. Because of his hasty retreat, the administration has enraged--enraged-- our allies around the world and has emboldened our enemies at the same time. That is outrageous. You know what is happening at the southern border? And I would tell you, our weak immigration policies that resulted in millions of illegal immigrants flooding into our country, that is outrageous.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Sep 30, 2021

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