[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           BORDER CZAR KAMALA

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, weeks ago, the Biden administration made 
Vice President Kamala Harris the border czar.
  The question I have is: Which border?
  We learned today that Czar Kamala is traveling to Guatemala. While we 
do need cooperation from Guatemala in halting the flow of illegal 
entrants from Central America, it defies logic that weeks after her 
appointment, Czar Kamala Harris has not visited the very border--our 
border--with Mexico that she has been tasked with protecting.
  It seems as if the Biden-Harris administration has gone out of its 
way to ignore the seriousness of the border crisis it has created. Even 
as the number of illegal border crossers and unaccompanied minors 
shatter records, Democrats have declared that everything under the sun 
is infrastructure except a border wall. In fact, a wall protecting our 
border might be the only thing Democrats do not want to throw money at 
right now.
  To the Biden administration and Czar Kamala: Border security is 
national security, and the American people are pleading for you to take 
steps to end this crisis you created. It is time to answer their call.

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