[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5975-H5979]
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                   FOCUSING ON REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 9, 2023, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Moore) is recognized for 
60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.


                             General Leave

  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special 
Order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  As vice chair of the House Republican Conference, it is shaping up to 
be a busy, productive week for House Republicans. I am looking forward 
to hearing from my colleagues to discuss the issues our Conference is 
focused on this week, including the crisis at our border, support for 
Israel, and investigations into the Biden family's alleged illegal 
financial dealings with foreign nations.

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  We have an energized and diverse conference, eager to make the 
American Dream possible for the next generation.
  My team and I are ready to help Members shine and deliver their 
message straight to their constituents and the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. 
McClain), for the first remarks of the evening.
  Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank our newly-elected vice chair. 
Congratulations. I look forward to working with him.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today because accountability is finally here.
  For years, Joe Biden has used his name and influence for personal 
gain, all while serving in office and receiving a salary funded by 
taxpayer dollars. He has deceived the Nation by posing as a trustworthy 
family man, only to be bought and paid for by foreign nationals.
  The Biden family has embedded themselves in a web of lies, spreading 
deceit to the Nation to cover up their shady dealings. We are not fools 
and we cannot be fooled.
  For months, House Republicans have followed the facts, and more 
importantly, followed the money. It has all led right back to President 
Biden. Despite stonewalling attempts at every turn, we have persisted. 
From the DOJ to the FBI and the White House, cohorts of the Biden 
family have done everything they can to stop the truth from coming to 
light. These lies cannot stay hidden forever.
  House Republicans in the Oversight Committee have unearthed over 
$240,000 in direct payments to the President and his family. What about 
that money?
  That money has direct ties to foreign nationals and our adversaries. 
These same adversaries President Biden swore to defend America against 
are actually lining his pockets and influencing his decisions.
  It is past time that the American public know the truth. It is time 
for the Biden family to be held accountable for their corruption.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the House Republicans that accountability is 
finally here.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative McClain. I 
appreciate the comments and I appreciate the clarity and work that the 
Oversight Committee does on this issue.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Donalds).
  Mr. DONALDS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah, our new 
vice chairman, and congratulate him, as well.
  Mr. Speaker, President Biden consistently has stated that he never 
discussed business with Hunter Biden's associates. This is a lie. Let 
me repeat that for my colleagues across the aisle. It is a lie.
  Throughout our extensive investigation and from the lips of credible 
witnesses, it is abundantly clear that the Biden family business is Joe 
Biden. Let me emphasize, there is no Biden family business except for 
Joe Biden's 40-plus-year career in Washington, D.C. That has been the 
family business.
  As a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 
we have followed the paper trail and we have conducted our 
investigation by the book. We have discovered damming evidence and we 
continue to do so every day.
  Our investigation has led to some alarming and eye-opening findings, 
which point to the President's knowledge and involvement in illegal 
business transactions.
  For example, in 2018, James Biden, the President's brother, received 
$600,000 in a loan from Americore, a financially distressed and failing 
rural hospital operator. Bankruptcy court documents suggest that James 
Biden received these loans based upon representations that his last 
name, Biden, could open doors in the Middle East based on his political 
connections. We all know James Biden doesn't have political 
connections, Joe Biden, his brother, has political connections.
  Specifically, Americore wired a $200,000 loan into the account of 
James and Sara Biden. Here is what makes the evidence damming. On the 
same day, James Biden wrote a $200,000 check from the same account 
addressed to his brother, Joe Biden. For the American people, the 
brother of James Biden is the President of the United States.
  The next example is an email obtained by the Committee from a Hunter 
Biden associate mentioning that 10 percent of the relevant joint 
venture be held by Hunter for the big guy. Ten percent of a relevant 
joint venture was held for the big guy.
  At this point in the Committee's investigation, we have established 
that Joe Biden is the big guy. Through the web of transactions that 
purposefully tried to hide the big guy's involvement, let me stress 
again that Joe Biden is the Biden family business.
  Let me illustrate an example of the confusing web of transactions. A 
Chinese company sent $5 million to a joint venture between Hunter and 
an associate. That same day, the joint venture sent $400,000 to an 
entity that Hunter Biden controls alone. Less than a week later, Hunter 
Biden wired $150,000 from this entity to a company owned by James Biden 
and Sara Biden. James Biden, the President's brother.
  Sara Biden later withdrew $50,000 from the same company. Less than a 
week later, Sara wrote a personal check to Joe Biden, aka the big guy, 
aka the President of the United States, for $40,000--the 10 percent of 
the $400,000 that was mentioned in the email by the associate to Hunter 
Biden.
  Another example is when a confidential human source overheard a 
Burisma executive claiming to have bribed then-Vice President Joe Biden 
for $5 million. As I stated earlier, Joe Biden

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consistently says that he never discussed business with Hunter Biden's 
associates. This was a blatant lie by the Commander in Chief and the 
American people deserve to know the truth.
  Joe Biden never thought that the Oversight Committee would get this 
far in its investigation, and additional damming evidence will soon be 
revealed to the American people.

  This leads me to my next point. The Foreign Agents Registration Act, 
more commonly known as FARA--to be clear, Hunter Biden has never 
registered as a foreign agent, despite his lucrative work being done on 
behalf of foreign interests and his many travels on Air Force Two. That 
wasn't just because he missed his dad.
  Specifically, Hunter has been documenting business transactions with 
a Chinese Government-based energy company called CEFC. Interestingly 
enough, the same company, CEFC, is the same one that is affiliated with 
the company that sent $5 million to Hunter Biden.
  How is this not the definition of being and acting as a foreign 
agent?
  Paul Manafort was convicted for far less.
  The time is now to open up an impeachment investigation pertaining to 
the President's direct link to blatant corruption, pay-for-play 
tactics, and acting as a co-conspirator to crimes committed by his 
family on behalf of Joe Biden himself.
  The Committee will continue to do our due diligence. We will not be 
worried about the distractions from the Democrats and from the press. 
We will dig through the confusing web of Biden LLCs.
  Mr. Speaker, the confusion of these companies and the confusion of 
these transactions were done on purpose to conceal this money from the 
American people and to conceal the money from the Internal Revenue 
Service.
  Joe Biden likes to talk about everybody paying their fair share, 
except him and except his son. They are not concerned about a fair 
share. We are going to continue to uncover all of this.
  We are going to answer and uncover all of the information that is 
going to outline exactly why, in my opinion, as I represent the 19th 
District of Florida, why Joe Biden deserves to be impeached.
  Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States has taken money from 
foreign sources. Meanwhile, the world is on fire. Is the President 
compromised?
  Do agents in the Chinese Government have the upper hand on the 
President of the United States while our enemies are on the move?
  These are serious questions that the House of Representatives has a 
responsibility to have answered. The way to get all that information is 
through the impeachment inquiry, which will continue here in the 
people's House.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Florida who 
has a strong and clear message.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Fallon).
  Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah. I couldn't 
think of a better person to serve as vice chair.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrat from Maryland, who is also the ranking 
member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, is 
claiming hypocrisy when talking about Hunter Biden not being asked to 
testify publicly, but rather to testify behind closed doors.
  If you want to talk about hypocrisy, the ranking member should find a 
mirror because when the Democrats were in the majority and they wanted 
President Trump and his American allies to testify, they wanted to have 
them testify behind closed doors.
  To be honest, I don't think Hunter Biden wants to testify publicly 
because he is going to have to explain quite a bit.
  First of all, what business were you in? What product or service did 
you provide or sell?
  I think he would also have to explain why he got $24 million, and 
counting, from sleazy foreign businessmen, oligarchs, and corrupt 
politicians.
  He will have to explain why Yelena Baturina, who was married to Yuri 
Luzhkov, who has now passed away and was the mayor of Moscow--he was 
described by Michael McFaul, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia under Barack 
Obama, as the poster child of corruption.
  Yelena Baturina gave Hunter Biden, Joe's son, $3.5 million. Then, 
interestingly enough, a few months later had dinner with Joe Biden, the 
then sitting Vice President.
  When President Biden's administration sanctioned some Russian 
oligarchs, she was conveniently left off the public list.
  What did Hunter Biden do for Ms. Baturina?
  We don't know.
  What about Kazakhstani nationals, Kenes Rashikev and Karim Massimov?
  Massimov used to be the Prime Minister, he is now in jail. His right-
hand man is Rashikev. Rashikev wired to Hunter Biden $142,300. The very 
next day, Hunter happened to purchase a Porsche in New Jersey for--say 
it with me now--$142,300. His own business partner, Devon Archer and 
best friend at the time, had no idea why he got that money. We don't 
know either.
  We would like to ask him privately and publicly why? What did you do 
for them?
  Mr. Speaker, interestingly enough, those two gentlemen also had 
dinner with none other than sitting Vice President Joe Biden and his 
son Hunter. Coincidence?
  Scratch your head.
  How about Vadym Pozharsky and Mykola Zlochevsky? Who are these guys?
  One is the CFO, and one is the CEO of Burisma, which was an energy 
company out of Ukraine. They hired Hunter Biden, the then son of the 
sitting Vice President, to be on their board of directors. They paid 
him a million dollars a year. They paid him and Devon Archer in total 
nearly $3.5 million.
  What experience did Hunter Biden have in the energy sector prior to 
that hiring?
  I would like him to answer that question. We know the answer, which 
is none. Zero. Bubkes. He was given all that money. Why?
  We have an FD-1023. What is that?
  That is a form for confidential informants that the FBI agents fill 
out when they have human sources that give them information. It just so 
happens that this informant--because an FD-1023 is only as good as the 
source--and this source, according to the FBI, was impeccable. They 
have been working with him for 10 years and giving him hundreds of 
thousands of dollars. Every bit of information he has ever given them 
has checked out.

  What did he say?
  He said that Hunter Biden received a $5 million bribe and so did his 
father, Joe. It makes sense because why? Who gave him the bribe?
  It was Mykola Zlochevsky, the CEO of Burisma.
  Why did he need to give him $10 million?
  Because he wanted to get the prosecutor in Ukraine off his back. What 
happened?
  We know what happened because Joe Biden bragged about it. He got that 
prosecutor fired. He withheld a billion dollars of loan guarantees to 
Ukraine until he was fired.
  What was that prosecutor doing? I don't know. He was going after 
Zlochevsky. He seized two homes, a Porsche, and a plot of land that he 
owned. He did get fired a few months thereafter and Ukraine got their 
billion dollars.
  That prosecutor, when he was fired, the President of Ukraine called 
Joe Biden and said: Hey, he has done nothing wrong. In fact, we were 
happy with the job he was doing. You wanted him fired, so he is gone. 
It all fits together, these pieces of the puzzle.
  We would ask him about the WhatsApp message that wasn't supposed to 
be released. He said: I am sitting here with my dad. He was shaking 
down a Chinese businessman.
  Was he really with his dad or was he lying to that fellow? Is he 
lying to us now?
  We don't know.
  Will he give up his geolocation?
  When you got these phones now, they know where you are. If you 
voluntarily give it up, we can find out for sure.
  Was he with his dad at that moment?
  We don't know.
  Will he do that?
  Mr. Speaker, what the American people need to know, once and for all 
is: Is the President of the United States corrupt? Is he compromised? 
Is he a national security threat?

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  The Committee on Oversight and Accountability, at least on the 
Republican side, is going to find that out for the American people to 
make sure justice is served.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for 
a passionate speech, laced with facts that have been identified for 
months and months and months. I appreciate the communication.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens), 
my good friend and colleague.

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  Mr. OWENS. First of all, congratulations to the vice chair.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Protecting Our 
Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act.
  Biden's open border policies have led to a historic surge in illegal 
border crossings, affecting not only traditional border communities but 
every community across the country.
  Last year alone, the Customs and Border Patrol reported a record-
shattering 2.4 million illegal crossings at our southern border. This 
year, a shocking 21,000 pounds of fentanyl were smuggled into our 
communities, with a staggering 90 percent seized at U.S. ports of 
entry.
  These alarming statistics paint a vivid picture. The White House has 
failed to enforce our immigration laws, securing the border, and 
safeguarding families in Utah and across the Nation from the deadly 
influx of fentanyl.
  Equally concerning is the President's wrongheaded policy of housing 
illegal immigrants in our national parks. This disastrous policy 
endangers the safety of local communities and strains resources meant 
for families to enjoy safe and wholesome activities on our Federal 
lands.
  House Republicans are taking a stand against these reckless policies. 
This week we will bring to the floor H.R. 5283, the Protecting Our 
Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act. This is crucial 
legislation that will prohibit Federal funding from being used to 
provide housing for illegal immigrants on any Federal land.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
support H.R. 5283 and send a clear message that we are united in our 
commitment to protecting our communities and securing our borders.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, waiving regulations on Federal land 
is a dangerous precedent, and this piece of legislation is very, very 
important.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).
  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Moore for yielding, and I 
congratulate him on his new position, as well.
  Mr. Speaker, more than 10 million illegal aliens have entered America 
under the negligent watch of this administration, which is a number 
higher than the individual population of 40 of our 50 States. It is 
incredible.
  Migrant women and children from every corner of the globe are being 
raped and murdered on the dangerous journey to our southern border. 
Americans are dying from overdoses of fentanyl and other deadly drugs 
that are pouring into our country at an alarming rate from Mexico. Over 
100,000 Americans just last year have died of overdoses. In fact, 
earlier this month, I spoke with a father from my district who lost his 
only son to fentanyl overdose last January.
  While these horrible things happen to Americans, my colleagues across 
the aisle still dare to call Republicans immoral for wanting to build 
and finish the border wall, which is just one commonsense solution that 
can be used to eliminate the crisis claiming thousands of lives down at 
our southern border.
  Instead, they would rather abandon logic and continue to blindly 
accept everyone who shows up at our border without properly vetting 
them--criminals and all. They think that we should allow illegals to 
roam freely across all of our great States because they believe that 
one day they will be great voters for them and their party.
  To every American I have spoken to, enabling the death of a U.S. 
citizen or migrant is, without question, an immorality.
  Nevertheless, if the deaths aren't enough to warrant action by 
Democrats in Congress and the White House to secure the Nation, then 
how about the historic number of suspected terrorists who have been 
caught attempting to sneak into our country?
  There have been nearly 300 since Biden has taken office, Mr. Speaker, 
and you can bet that some, and God only knows how many, made it 
successfully into the interior and are planning for another 9/11-style 
attack on America. It is a matter of when and not if.
  The President knows this, DHS Secretary Mayorkas knows this, and the 
Democrats in this sacred Chamber know this as well, and still they do 
nothing to stop or even address the worsening border catastrophe that 
is plaguing and endangering our Nation.
  However, this administration seems to have no qualms whatsoever about 
turning the American people into second-class citizens. While law-
abiding Americans deal with inflation and high prices, illegal aliens 
are given free transportation from the border to the city in America of 
their choice, free medical attention when they are hurt or get injured 
or are ill, free schooling for their illegal children, and much more.
  If that isn't enough of a disgrace, the administration is now using 
public schools, airports, and national parks to house illegal aliens 
all paid for by the taxpayers' dollars.
  What kind of President puts his own people last?
  I will tell you, Mr. Speaker. It is President Joe Biden.
  It will not be tolerated, which is why I am supporting H.R. 5283, to 
prohibit Federal funds from being used to shelter illegals on U.S. land 
under the jurisdiction of Federal land management agencies, illegals 
whom we should be deporting.
  I have been fighting for border security since my very first day in 
Congress, and I will not give up until this vital task is accomplished. 
This bill is a step in the right direction.
  Border security truly is national security, and the property and 
safety of U.S. citizens must always come first in my book, if it were 
only so with our President and the Democratic Party.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Babin for his 
remarks.
  Mr. Speaker, our Texas delegation, as we are all in border States and 
as we see this piece of legislation this week is geared toward what is 
going on in New York, as we are all border States, I am from Utah, 
other States, we relied on the testimony and the experience from our 
Texas delegation, our Arizona delegation particularly, they have been 
through the worst of it, and we appreciate that.
  We will continue to hear from our Texas delegation and someone who 
has been a very consistent voice on this.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Van Duyne).
  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because our Nation is in 
crisis. One cannot overstate the absolute border disaster and national 
security threat that we have been living under as a direct result of 
Biden's, Mayorkas', and the Democrats' deliberate actions.
  None of this is an accident. On day one, they got to work eliminating 
successful Trump border policies that had us at the lowest levels of 
illegal immigration in years, actually, probably illegal immigration in 
our history. From that first day, the Biden administration made clear 
that they would not enforce our laws and that they would not protect 
our country. They did this knowing the consequences.
  They ignored Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
whose officers warned that these actions would create an unprecedented 
disaster and dangers for Americans.
  Guess what, Mr. Speaker?
  That is exactly what happened.
  President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have opened our borders to 
more than 10 million illegal immigrants, including millions of known 
got-aways and God knows how many potential terrorists and narco gang 
members into our country. By the way, that is more than the population 
of 38 States.
  Mr. Speaker, we have had enough. Cities all across America are being 
overrun. Mexican cartels own the southern border. They are causing tens 
of thousands of fentanyl deaths in our country ushering in a new era of 
human slavery and crushing our cities and towns.

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  We are feeling the pain of Biden's border crisis not just in New York 
City where the border crisis is defunding the police department and 
other city services, but all across the Nation where it is driving up 
crime rates in our communities, letting fentanyl kill our children, and 
allowing terrorists into our Nation.
  What is happening in New York City should be a wake-up call for 
cities all across America, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. Texas 
right now is being particularly hit hard and continues to have to fight 
its own Federal Government to be able to take care of its citizens.
  Our Nation is less safe because our borders are not secure, and 
President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas continue to make things worse. 
It is clear. They have no regard for the law, they don't want to secure 
our borders, and they don't care about keeping us safe.
  If they cared about keeping Americans safe, why would they want our 
public spaces, which are paid for with taxpayer dollars, to become 
massive encampments for unvetted illegal immigrants, many of whom are 
indebted to dangerous and violent cartels?
  Although this national security bill is an important reform, it is 
clear that as long as Secretary Mayorkas remains in office, our border 
will remain unsecured and vulnerable to human and drug trafficking.
  Taxpayers in cities all across the country are footing multimillion-
dollar bills. Hundreds of thousands of families are losing loved ones 
in fentanyl-related deaths.
  The American people deserve better. I stand firm in calling for 
Secretary Mayorkas' impeachment. I urge the Biden administration to 
work with border States like Texas to offer the support that we need to 
keep our communities safer.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her 
remarks and her clear communication and the heartfelt pleas to solve 
this issue. There are so many simple policies. If we put them in place, 
they are wins for everybody. They are political wins, and they are 
policy wins. We don't understand why we don't take to see what has 
worked well in the past and try to reimplement it.
  Mr. Speaker, we welcome another border State.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of 
California (Mr. LaMalfa) to share his remarks.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to join my colleague from Utah in 
this role here tonight. I appreciate his stepping forward to take this 
on.
  It is very important to help communicate what we are up to here. We 
have had much discussion this afternoon on the border and the effects 
of a nonborder policy since the Biden administration has been in 
charge. It has been difficult enough as it is over several years when 
President Trump very strongly attempted and had some level of success 
in securing our border with more fencing and more personnel. Since then 
it has been completely undone by the Biden administration.
  We have personnel going down there and actually welding the gates 
open and doing everything they can, suing the State of Texas to remove 
barriers in the river there that would normally help deter this illegal 
immigration, this massive wave that is coming in, indeed, it is called 
an invasion by many. I will echo that.
  Why is it?
  It is not because we don't have enough laws or, oh, we need 
immigration reform. Maybe there is something that we could be doing.
  H.R. 2 that we passed earlier this year in this House would actually 
help supplement the laws that are already on the books and funding and 
some of the other measures that would help modernize what flaws there 
might be, but make no mistake, Mr. Speaker, this is a flaw in the 
enforcement of our border.
  We already have immigration policy on the books. In the good old days 
you might say that we welcomed people to this country, but under our 
rules. We had rules as to who the new immigrants are going to be here, 
whether they are to be citizens or folks just seeking permits for work 
or for tourist visas or student visas or this or that. The rules are 
pretty much out the window.

  Mr. Speaker, how do you have a country and how do you have 
sovereignty if you don't have any rules and the laws are not followed 
that are presently already in place?
  It is not that tough.
  What has changed has been the Biden administration to make what 
already has been kind of difficult many times worse, and that is where 
the problem lies.
  Our border could be enforced within a short amount of time by 
building the barrier and having the personnel be able to do their 
actual job instead of horrific accusations of what they have done. We 
saw that false narrative put out that the mounted border personnel were 
somehow whipping people with the reins and the whips or something while 
horseback. It was a complete lie. That is part of the whole problem 
with this administration is that they don't get the truth out to the 
American people. They hide and distort what it is their horrific 
policies have been doing.
  The same applies to the Hamas situation and our friend and ally 
Israel. The barbaric attack by Hamas on October 7 on Israel didn't 
actually come out of nowhere. It was a planned attack funded by Iran 
which is, of course, we know the largest sponsor of terrorism.
  Biden's failure to put pressure on Iran for the last 3 years has 
emboldened Iran and enabled Hamas to launch its deadly assault. Indeed, 
they go back to the Obama administration where that horrific policy and 
that agreement was put in place.
  President Trump tried to peel it back and take it back. Indeed, he 
did get a pause on that situation. We are right back at it again, 
empowering Iran to do what they do.
  So the latest was unfreezing $6 billion worth of assets in this 
country to help foster and fund the cause of Iran's doing. It was very 
reckless. It just gives more incentives to foreign adversaries. It also 
gives weird messages and weird signals to our allies, of course, 
Israel, and also others with whom we are forming the Abraham Accords 
alliances with including in process with Saudi Arabia.
  Now, what are they supposed to think is America's position on all of 
this?
  So when we have an opportunity, as we do in this House with this 
Republican majority, to say ``no'' to unfreezing $6 billion worth of 
assets to Iran, we need to do that. So we will consider a No Funds for 
Iranian Terrorism Act which imposes immediate mandatory sanctions on 
any financial institution that engages in a transaction with the Qatari 
banks holding the $6 billion of Iranian funds which will effectively 
freeze the money.

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  Of course, the Biden administration needs to get this idea through 
their head already without us having to do this.
  Whether it is the Middle East situation in Israel or our own border 
here, they need to get their act together. They need to put some 
commonsense goggles on for a moment and just really look at what the 
problem is.
  Politically, how they go into 2024 thinking this is good with the 
lack of energy policy, the driver of inflation, mass amounts of 
government spending, and the horrific energy policy, shutting down the 
pipeline, shutting down the ability to drill, and forcing people into 
electric cars. It is just a well-rounded discussion here what the Biden 
administration has put upon the American people and our allies around 
the world.
  We can do a lot to improve the situation and help Israel bring 
stability back to the Middle East, bring stability to our border by 
just simply enforcing our border and putting those things in place and 
not having a green light to come across our border and get all the 
benefits of being a U.S. citizen without having to be a citizen, 
including putting them into the national parks in New York City and 
others. It just an unbelievable policy or lack of policy, lack of 
foresight.
  It rests in the Biden administration and there is really lot of 
incompetence. Let's take step A with the No Funds for Iranian Terrorism 
Act and also a very important step on the border with finishing the 
fencing. We have material laying around that we are paying for storage. 
Let's allow the border personnel to do their job instead of running a 
welcome wagon. Wouldn't that be something?

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  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the time here tonight.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, he makes one really important point 
and I highlight this quite a bit: We, as a Republican majority, have to 
so many times force President Biden to do very commonsense things and 
that is so important. His comments actually highlight that well.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to share these messages. 
I thank my colleagues for being here to communicate such clear messages 
on such important aspects of legislation that we are going to be 
focused on this week.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Alford). Members are reminded to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward the President of the United 
States.

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