[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SERIOUS PROBLEMS ARE GETTING WORSE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Madam Speaker, Joe Biden preached vague, feel-good 
messages to voters, like healing our country and pursuing 
bipartisanship, during his campaign for President. In his victory 
speech, he ripped off a line from Barack Obama and said: ``I pledge to 
be a President who seeks not to divide but to unify, who doesn't see 
red and blue States but a United States.''
  Madam Speaker, these messages were blatant lies. His record 8 months 
into his tenure proves his only intention is to govern on behalf of the 
Democrat Party's far-left base.
  Look at the ongoing farce on our southern border. The Department of 
Homeland Security just released thousands of unvetted Haitian migrants 
into this country, no questions asked. Even worse, the President turned 
his back on Border Patrol agents over that bogus horse photo.
  Our government wouldn't behave this way unless it was worried about 
backlash from leftists who want to open our borders and defund the 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
  The border has been out of control from the moment Joe Biden stepped 
foot in the Oval Office. Month after month after month, we hear about 
Border Patrol agents encountering hundreds of thousands of migrants 
attempting to illegally enter our country. President Biden put Vice 
President Harris in charge of fixing our southern border, but whatever 
she is doing to ``address the root cause of migration'' obviously isn't 
working.
  Last week, the White House press secretary whined about Republicans 
giving floor speeches about the crisis at the border. I say to the 
press secretary: We wouldn't need to be down here raising Hades if your 
boss would quit being so soft, start doing his job, and enforce the 
dadgum border laws.

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  Chaos at the southern border is just one of the many crises of Joe 
Biden's own creation. I could stand down here for hours talking about 
inflation caused by reckless government spending, a failed exit from 
Afghanistan that left 13 American servicemembers dead, including one of 
my constituents--his family lives in my neighborhood--and much more.
  But my point is this, Madam Speaker, Americans across the political 
spectrum see Joe Biden standing idly by while this country is being 
destroyed. They think this President is grossly incompetent and 
incapable of responsibly running the executive branch. I have even 
talked to Democrats here in Congress who are extremely concerned about 
these very issues.
  Serious problems are getting worse, yet Joe Biden doesn't show any 
interest in solving them. Given this President's lack of interest in 
serving as Chief Executive, I can confidently say this President is 
mentally unwell and unfit for office.
  It is time for Joe Biden to step down. We need a leader who cares 
about the future of this country, not one who isn't even aware of the 
damage he is causing.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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