[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
AMERICANS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT
(Mrs. GREENE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, since 9/11 over 13.5 million
border encounters have occurred at our border. Over 1 million Americans
have died from drug overdoses, and CNN reports that the cartels take in
$19 to $29 billion annually from drug sales to the United States of
America.
Since 9/11 the United States has spent $8 trillion on foreign wars,
and over 7,000 U.S. servicemembers have died defending foreign lands
and foreign borders.
Now we have sent over $50 billion to Ukraine, and President Biden
wants another $37 billion to Ukraine. This will be pushing it to over
$90 billion.
Yesterday Democrats voted ``no'' on my House resolution to audit
Ukraine. The American people deserve transparency and oversight on
where their money is going.
I also want to point out that America deserves our borders to be
defended so that if we are going to support any war, we should support
a war on the cartels that are killing Americans and invading our
country.
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