[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H280-H281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SOUTHERN BORDER CRISIS

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise because December marked the 
highest number of illegal immigrant encounters in history with 331 
persons on the terror watch list entering the country since President 
Biden took office.
  President Biden falsely claims that he needs Congress to act to give 
him the authority to take control over the border.
  Let me be perfectly clear: President Biden has the authority to close 
the border today. He can simply direct his staff to enforce existing 
laws and reverse the 61 executive actions he has taken to worsen the 
border crisis since coming to office.
  I will continue using every single tool at my disposal, including the 
power of the purse, to force President

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Biden to enact meaningful border security reform, such as the 
provisions we passed in H.R. 2.
  Any action short of securing our border leaves our Nation in peril 
and our citizens in jeopardy.

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