[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. Palazzo. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind the American people 
that today marks President Biden's one year in office and 365 days of 
his disastrous failure at our southern border.
  Forty percent of Americans graded Joe Biden's immigration policy with 
a big fat F for his failures. His open border policy has proven month 
after month to be not only unsuccessful but downright dangerous for the 
American people.
  More deadly fentanyl products have been smuggled into our 
neighborhoods this year than ever before. Nearly 11,000 pounds were 
apprehended in the last year alone.
  Biden's wide open southern border is poisoning our communities and 
causing unthinkable harm. His bad policy is taking lives. It is no 
surprise that our Nation's number of overdoses reached an all-time high 
in 2021. My heart breaks for the parents who have lost their children 
while our President plays politics.
  Mr. Speaker, I have said it before, and I will say it again. Border 
security is national security. It is time to stop deliberately 
destroying the safety of innocent Americans for the sake of politics.

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