[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PLACATING THE LEFT

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, why would President Biden, with the 
stroke of a pen, in the middle of one of the worst recessions and 
economic recoveries, destroy thousands of good-paying pipeline jobs and 
the livelihoods and future of hardworking American families? Well, for 
the same reason he has imposed his open border mandates that have 
created an unprecedented crisis at our southern border. He is placating 
the left. He is putting them in charge. And he is allowing them to 
drive their radical agenda to transform our economy, our values, and 
our way of life.
  Gaylord Lincoln, a pipeline mechanic from South Dakota, said it best: 
``Come down here. See the destruction you caused. See the pain of job 
loss. You took our chance to have a decent life with a stroke of a pen. 
It is all BS in Washington. They are playing with our lives.''
  Mr. Lincoln is right; it is BS. They are playing with their lives, 
and this President is leading the charge.

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