Crisis At the Southern Border

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Mr. NORMAN. Well, first of all, thank you for organizing this discussion to inform the American people what is going on. As Andy has said, this President is willfully and directly causing this to happen to the American people.

You are a businessperson. You run a restaurant. I am in the development world. Who would let anybody come into your business or to your home, not know who they were, not know why they were there?

It is insane what this administration is doing. By taking title 42, as has been said, it prohibits--that is the only tool that President Trump had at his disposal and President Biden has, but he is doing away with it because that is what he is encouraging.

Lauren, think about this, how unfair is it to that law enforcement agency, that law enforcement official stopping a car not knowing who is in it, not knowing what his background is, having no information, how safe is that for that law enforcement officer?

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, how unfair is it to the municipalities and the cities that are going to have to pay for the hospital care, for the schooling? How fair is that?

Well, it is not. It is intentional. It is willful.

As people ask me all the time, why is he doing this? He is burning the house down before, I assume, the November elections, which the House will turn over, and hopefully, we will elect Freedom Caucus members who have got the steel and the spine to do something about it.

He sold out not only to the citizens; he sold out to China and those that he is indebted to. We are going to find out more and more about that as we move forward.

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is not just the phones. What about the gas cards that are in the latest budget that the President had? What about that?

Just to put some context to this, Texas, I think you have about 15 to 20 million people. South Carolina has 5.3 million. That is the number that is going to be coming into this country in the next 4 months if the pace continues.

It is a travesty. It is something that Americans have to be aware of and stop. God help us all if they do exactly what was said. To fund all of this, America is at the breaking point.

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, sign the petition.

Folks, have the courage to call your Congressman. And, folks, it is time, as Winston Churchill said: ``Sometimes doing your best is not good enough.'' We have to do what is required to close this border.

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