[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Unidentified Flying Objects

  Mr. TUBERVILLE. Madam President, before I get into the topic of my 
speech today, I just put a tweet out about what I think about the 
surveillance balloons, which are very, very concerning, being on the 
Armed Services Committee.
  You know, the Chinese surveillance over our skies is very concerning 
but also the fentanyl from China pouring across our borders every day 
that is killing 300 Americans a day, that is also very concerning and 
also the 800-percent increase in Chinese nationals crossing our border 
every day.
  So I think we have got a lot of problems other than just balloons 
flying around our sky. We need to recognize that. We need to start 
understanding we have an adversary in China that is our biggest, and 
the President of the United States--he obviously needs to protect our 
air, but he needs to protect our borders. We are having people die 
every day.
  What is the most important? The most important thing is protecting 
the sovereignty of our country, and that is our borders and the sky and 
protecting our people on the ground, especially from this deadly drug.
  So I just wanted to say that before I get into my speech because I 
know it is important. China is our No. 1 adversary, and we need to 
start watching every part of it and still watch these balloons fly 
around the sky that we have no clue of what they are doing or why they 
are here.