[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    BIDEN'S DISASTROUS BORDER POLICY

  (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, President Biden is going to be in this 
Chamber in just a few hours. I am going to hope for a positive outcome 
on this in that up to this point the border policy that he and his 
administration have put in place has been disastrous.
  Of late, he has been blaming Republicans for that, for not passing a 
really bad idea that has come out of the Senate. Well, we have taken 
responsibility. We passed H.R. 2 very early in this session and sent it 
over to the Senate where Mr. Schumer has ignored it.
  I hope the President will call on Mr. Schumer and the Democratic 
Senators to take that bill up over there and have the really strong 
reform on border strengthening that we need.
  If they don't, there are still eight actions right here the President 
could be doing: end catch and release, reinstate remain in Mexico, and 
six other ideas that actually were in place when President Trump was in 
charge that he rescinded on day one.
  He could do this with the stroke of a pen, without Congress having to 
fight over a partisan deal about how to figure this out with 
legislation.
  President Biden could do this. I hope that tonight instead of blaming 
Republicans, he will take action and use his pen to put these 
constitutional pieces back in place.

                          ____________________