[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             BORDER CRISIS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Mississippi (Mr. Guest) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, West Virginia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, 
Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, 
Vermont, and Wyoming. During President Biden's first year in office, 
the number of illegal immigrants that the Border Patrol has encountered 
on our southern border has surpassed the population of these 12 States 
and the end is nowhere in sight.
  I am not sure if the Biden administration knew that their policies 
would lead to the number of illegal immigrants surpassing the 
population of over 20 percent of U.S. States, but by reversing the 
successful policies of the previous administration, they have created 
this crisis.
  This administration has listened to special interest groups over the 
will of the American people. This administration has implemented catch-
and-release policies. This administration has canceled the remain in 
Mexico policy, and on his very first day in office, President Biden 
issued an executive order ending border wall funding.
  This administration has turned their back on every State of the Union 
to pursue a far-left agenda. This administration has created a new 
State of chaos in our Nation with their failed policies. It is time for 
us to reverse course and to return to commonsense policies that work 
and that protect our Nation's borders.

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                        Remembering Our Veterans

  Mr. GUEST. Former President Ronald Reagan once said: ``Veterans know 
better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they've suffered the 
scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what 
they have won for us.''
  Today, we remember the service of our veterans, the price they have 
paid and the Nation that they helped build and fought to protect.
  We know that America's veterans risked their lives on the field of 
battle to preserve this Nation and the ideals of democracy, liberty, 
and freedom.
  But we must not forget that they not only fought to protect the 
rights that were established by our Founding Fathers, but they also 
returned home to set an example of enduring patriotism and leadership 
in our communities, our States, and our Nation.
  When their service ended, our veterans helped advance our country by 
embodying the American spirit of hard work and perseverance.
  Today, we thank them for the example they set.
  This day, more than any other, let every American reach out to a 
veteran and say: Thank you for your service; we are grateful for your 
many sacrifices that you have made on behalf of our Nation.
  As we stand in this great institution of democracy that our veterans 
helped build and then fought to preserve, let our Nation remember the 
hundreds of thousands of men and women who fought for our freedoms, and 
let us always remember that our Nation would have been forgotten to 
history long ago if not for those men and women brave enough to protect 
it.
  May God bless our country, and may God bless our veterans.

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