Fox News Sunday
Interview
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Thank you, Shannon. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms watching today.
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Shannon, nothing has gotten done since President Reagan signed bipartisan immigration reform in 1986. And instead of throwing fingers at each other, why don't we come together in some common principles?
We need a safe and secure border. And we need an orderly and humane process. That means Congress needs to act. We need to provide the money to have judges there and to have immigration officers, so that we can actually be quickly processing the claims. The president is saying that these claims should be processed in hours, people who aren't legitimate should be sent back.
We need to have more money for Border Patrol, which by the way, the House has passed under Democratic leadership two years ago. The Republicans didn't vote for that.
But why not come up with a bipartisan solution? That's what I want.
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Their bill is extreme, even -- their Senate -- the Senate won't pass their bill. I mean, their bill takes away funding from any of the NGOs.
In El Paso, you talk to Veronica Escobar who represents that area. Why wouldn't we want NGOs giving water to people coming across or helping deal with the situation on the border?
Their bill is for border wall. That is not something Democrats can or will support.
But we will support increased funding for Border Patrol. We will support increased funding for immigration judges to quickly process things. We will support better technology and security of the border. So, why not come up with a compromise there?
And the president, by the way, is doing everything he can to reverse the catch and release. You have border agents now, and judges, quickly calling people who are coming at the border within hours, and many of the folks who don't have legitimate -- legitimate claims aren't being allowed in.
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They understand that there is the border crisis right now in terms of people not being treated in an orderly, safe and human process.
But the problem is often with Congress. I mean, we have not provided the administration with the resources for the immigration judges or processing. We have not provided the resources for Border Patrol. We have not provided the resources for securing the border.
And I don't believe this either Democratic or Republican issue. It's a both party issue. I mean, President Reagan is the last president who's gotten this done. And since then, we've had no bipartisan agreement.
So, the question I have for Representative Donaldson (ph) or others is, do you want to just score political points or do you want to actually work, compromise and get something done? I want to get something done.
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Shannon, first of all, the exact problem with politics is what Senator Scott said. I mean, come on, President Biden doesn't give a damn about Americans? Here's someone who has dedicated his entire life to public service.
I would never say that about President Trump. I would not say that he doesn't care about Americans.
So, why don't we actually deal with the issues, instead of these ad hominem attacks on our president?
Of course, I will support stronger policy to get fentanyl out of America. I'm concerned about China that's been shipping it. It's wrong.
I've heard the testimony in Congress of mothers who've lost their children. And let's solve that. I mean, instead of launching ad hominem attacks at the president.
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We say that we should pay our bills, but we are open and believe their need to be cuts in the deficit. And here's how Democrats would do it.
We would increase taxes on the wealthy. We would make sure that billionaires had to pay at least a 25 percent minimum tax. We would make sure that there were strategic cuts in defense spending. We would end the cap on Social Security and have tax -- taxes and have taxes over $250,000 on Social Security.
We have a proposal. We just wanted to first pay our bills before implementing our proposal.
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Steve Doocy from FOX himself asked. He said, there's no evidence of anything illegal and there's no evidence of anything that ties it to President Biden.
I wish the House Oversight Committee would spend more time worrying about the ordinary income of Americans going up, than they are worried about the income of Hunter Biden. And I guess the --
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Well, I do have -- here's is my point. There is a U.S. attorney that President Trump appointed that is charged to look into all of this. And I have confidence in him. When he comes out with something, I'm not going to question it.
But why are we wasting our time politicizing this in Congress? Let him do his job. He's a Trump appointee. He has full authority.
He can look into all of this. I'm not going to question the facts.
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Let him do it and then, let's agree to his process.
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He should be here. He would win the state decisively in the primary. But look, people are going to be here for a year in 2023 -- Trump, DeSantis, Pence. It would be a mistake for us not to make our case.
We've got to be in New Hampshire talking about what this president has done in North Country, in towns like Berlin, where he's helping revitalize those small rural towns, factory towns. The president should come. He should come and give a speech about his agenda.
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Thank you.
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