[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                             TRUTH TELLING

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Van Orden) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. VAN ORDEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to do a little truth 
telling.
  I rise today as a proud member of the silent majority of United 
States citizens and the super majority of the Republican Party of this 
august House.
  I will be plain. The motion to vacate the speakership is a fool's 
errand, and I can think of no greater leader in that effort than my 
colleague from the State of Florida.
  The American people are concerned about crime. One of our colleagues 
was carjacked at gunpoint a mile and a half from where I am speaking 
today.
  The border is open. There have been over 6 million illegal crossings 
since Joe Biden has taken leadership, 232,972 illegal immigrants were 
encountered on the southern border last night alone. That is a 27 
percent increase from July.
  The Customs and Border Patrol has seized over 25,000 pounds of 
fentanyl this year. That is enough to kill every American citizen over 
and over and over again.
  Madam Speaker, 151 people on the terrorist watch list have been 
apprehended on the southern border on Joe Biden's watch. We don't know 
how many people who are plotting to destroy our Nation got across our 
border. Yet, today, we will spend the people's time so that someone can 
audition for a television show or possibly the Governorship of a State.
  This is unacceptable, and the time for these antics are over.

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