[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 161 (Monday, October 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SECURING OUR BORDER

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, securing our border should be a bipartisan 
goal, and indeed House Republicans are dedicated to that. We had most 
of the elements of H.R. 2 in a bill last week that we just fell short 
on mustering, unfortunately. We did pass H.R. 2 separately earlier on 
to achieve that goal for the border. It is a comprehensive security 
package that would end the invasion at the southern border, halt the 
abuse of the asylum process, and strengthen border security.
  Unfortunately, Senate Leader Schumer won't even bring it up for a 
vote over in the Senate. Why not?
  His own New York Governor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, called on Congress 
this weekend demanding a limit on who can come across and for more 
agents to catch illegal immigrants.
  While Schumer should be listening to her, at least, every single New 
York Democrat who voted for these right-to-shelter laws and soft-on-
crime open border policies needs to realize their policies have now had 
detrimental consequences.
  It is not extreme to want law and order or to track who is coming 
into our country. If New York City doesn't have the resources to deal 
with these waves of illegals coming on to their streets, neither do the 
small border towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
  The Senate must take up H.R. 2, and the Biden administration must 
actually take action on our border.

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