Saving the Republic

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Good for calling the Special Order.

Folks, for those listening, we are at a pivotal point in the history of America. I have never felt the weight as I do now to save the Republic that I grew up in, to save the opportunity to realize your God-given talent, and to realize the goals and aspirations that each individual has.

Folks, I feel like it is under threat, and I know it is under threat since I was first elected in Congress in 2017.

We can all talk about what we are going to do and what we want to do. Folks, we are at a pivotal time. We have to do what it takes to save this Republic.

As Congressman Good said, basically, the debt is rampant. What is happening to this country at every level is, in one word, evil. I can't think of any other word to describe what we are going through in America that is evil that threatens the democracy that we have known for 240 years.

Now, what do I mean by what is evil about what is going on? What is different now than years ago? Let me ask each one of you watching: When have you ever seen a country that basically has no borders? When have you ever seen a country that is letting everybody from every country in--no checks, no balances, come in and enjoy the fruits of this great Republic? When have you ever seen the lawlessness that is taking place in America? When have you ever seen the criminals being basically protected over the victims that they have victimized? When have you seen that? When have you seen Americans scared to use their voice and to express their outrage?

As Congressman Good has mentioned, when have you ever seen, and I think the last date I heard was 2008, when there has been a steady decline in the take-home pay of Americans.

When have you ever seen our school system under attack? When have you ever seen young children who are being surgically--I am trying to think of the word to use.

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Mr. NORMAN. Surgically destroyed, as you see today, for the sake of a dollar by a medical professional.

When have you ever seen a sitting leader of the free world, a sitting President, give $9 billion to a country that will blow us up every day of the week? When have you seen that?

I don't think we have. Folks, I have gone over just a few things that are different than it was yesterday. It is: Wake up, America. Wake up to what we are facing.

I was just having a conversation with Congressman Higgins on what we face now. We are up here. We got here Tuesday, yesterday. We will leave tomorrow. We do not have a budget. We do not have a top line on the 12 appropriations bills. What do we have? You tell me. I am a sitting Member of Congress. I don't know.

All I do know is I am not willing to spend this country into oblivion and continue to support what has been going on by this administration.

I am simply not willing to do it. I am not willing to give more money to an executive office that is promoting lawlessness in this country.

South Carolina has 5.2 million people. We have exceeded that on the illegals that are coming into this country. They are going to different cities all over this country, and I guess the ones that are at the forefront are in New York City. When I heard Eric Adams talk about the crisis they are in, where was he when he declared New York City a sanctuary city? Where was he when he said, how are we going to pay for this? Where was he when he told the school districts that have been overrun by illegals that are taking the place of people who have been in America who have paid taxes and who have contributed to our economic system? Where was he? Now, he is complaining he wants a bailout.

That is all to say it is our time to shine. It is dependent on each one of us to answer the call.

Now, how do we do that? Well, we insist on fiscal sanity. Economic security is national security, and we have to insist now to have regular order, which is what we thought we had when we voted for the Speaker in January, regular order, having the 12 appropriations bills on a conservative, downward spending trend, and a budget like every American business and every American family has. What do we have now? Nothing.

Now, what is up to us? It is up to us now to do whatever it takes to make sure we have a fiscally sound budget, to make sure each of the 12 appropriations is less than the pre-COVID levels, to have a border that is secure that is enforceable, and to have the wokeness out of the military that is destroying the readiness of our great military people all across this country.

My message to each of you tonight: Get active in your communities. Get active in telling your Congressmen that if it means shutting the government down before you get it right, shut it down. Shut it down until you get it right.

It is easy to spend other people's money, but we want to give it back. That is one thing about the Freedom Caucus and other Members that are with me tonight, Congressman Good and Congressman Higgins, we want to give you money back.

We are not going to add to the continual debt that is bankrupting our system. The cancer in this country cannot be cured by an aspirin.

What I am asking each one of you today is to take ownership in your communities. Take ownership from the local level, from the city council, school council, Statehouse, and up. Take ownership in it. Let your voice be heard.

Do you know what is at stake? One word: Freedom. Freedom is at stake. Let's answer the call, as we have always done. The onus is on us.

God bless each and every one of you. I thank Congressman Good for allowing me a few minutes.

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, where we are right now is we have a great opportunity to save this Republic. In the words of Winston Churchill, who at the depths of the lows of Great Britain, said: ``It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.''

We have got to do what is required. That is going to require courage, that is going to require stamina, and that is going to require the one word that we all live under, this one flag, we are one people, representing freedom. God bless everyone.

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