[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 165 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            AMERICANS FEEL BETRAYED BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the American people are outraged, and they 
have every right to be. I am outraged with them.
  All they have seen thus far in this administration is the buck being 
passed and both a President and his administration that refuse to 
uphold the basic tenets of leadership. This administration has ruined, 
mishandled, and dissembled every issue it has touched.
  Americans are fearful that the country that they love and respect is 
being run into the ground at an alarming speed. Americans deserve 
answers, and our allies across the world deserve them as well.
  Mr. Speaker, Americans feel betrayed. They feel that they have been 
betrayed by their own government. That feeling of betrayal was 
extremely palpable when Americans were stranded in Afghanistan because 
of an arbitrary deadline from the Taliban that this administration 
caved to.
  In the following days, there were no answers, only speculation as to 
how many Americans were still left in Afghanistan who wanted to leave. 
Even now, as this administration grapples with how to respond to the 
Taliban's takeover, you would be hard-pressed to find real answers.

  In a so-called classified briefing yesterday, Members got no concrete 
answers. It was a pitiful--I am saying ``pitiful''--display of willful 
ignorance and incompetence.
  Mr. Speaker, if you look at the past 8 months of the Biden 
administration, that incompetence is everywhere: the fall of 
Afghanistan, our open borders, skyrocketing inflation, reckless 
spending, record levels of unemployment and unfilled jobs, growing 
national security threats.
  Refusing to respect the rule of law may be the worst, Mr. Speaker. 
These are just a few of the crises that have grown exponentially as the 
days go by.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a common thread that you find in each of these 
circumstances, and it is that acceptance of the situation and 
accountability are virtually nonexistent.
  Mr. Speaker, it is downright shameful that America has been taken 
down this rocky and unsettling path, and I fear we may never be able to 
fully recover. President Biden and his administration cannot simply 
sweep every new crisis under the rug and move on, but based on what has 
happened thus far, I suspect we will see more of the same.
  The American people deserve better than abdicated leadership and a 
consistent failure to uphold our values.

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