[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         DISASTER AT OUR BORDER

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, last year Portland, Oregon, cut $16 
million from their police budget. This has led to a twenty-fold 
increase, unfortunately, in deadly shootings. Mayor Wheeler has been 
forced to reverse course now and ask for more funding for police.
  Similar to this, the Biden administration is having to reverse course 
due to the crisis on the border. Now, many are getting hung up on using 
the word ``crisis,'' so FEMA is now involved, and they deal with 
disasters, hence, the Biden border disaster.
  Less than 2 months in, the border is worse than it has been in two 
decades. And now, Biden has been forced to reverse course and ask 
Mexico to help control the flow of migrants once again, after 
previously dismantling the ``Remain in Mexico'' policy.
  Also, on his first day in the Biden administration, they issued a 
proclamation to halt all border construction, despite Congress funding 
it and demanding that it be built. Now, just yesterday, the 
administration has said it was moving forward with border wall 
construction. Good.
  As they are learning in Portland, Seattle, and Minneapolis, the Biden 
administration is learning law and order is also required on our border 
or you get a disaster.

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