[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H992-H993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BORDER NEEDS MORE RESOURCES

  (Mr. LaLOTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaLOTA. Madam Speaker, the border is not secure. Our officers are 
doing everything they can, but they need more resources. They need 
better leadership.
  The President must take the border crisis seriously because 100,000 
Americans died from fentanyl poisoning last year, and we know that 
fentanyl is coming from China through the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Republicans in the House understand this. We stand ready to increase 
physical barriers, to hire more Border Patrol agents and immigration 
judges, to implement new technologies, and to support our officers on 
the front lines of this crisis.

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  As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I am committed to 
working with all of my colleagues to make sure that our country is 
safe, our border is secure, and our law enforcement has the tools it 
needs to be successful. Our great Nation depends on it.

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