[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WE ARE IN A DANGEROUS PLACE

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, Americans do not want to live in a country 
where masked agents can carry you away in an unmarked car.
  Americans don't want to live in a country where innocent people are 
just dumped on the side of the road in freezing temperatures because 
ICE agents made a mistake and arrested the wrong person.
  They don't want to live in a country where agents can bust down the 
doors to their homes without a warrant.
  They don't want to be stopped while they are out shopping and have 
somebody in a mask and armed to the teeth asking them where their 
papers are.
  None of these things happen in a free country. They don't.
  We are in a dangerous place right now.
  We have a choice, all of us. We can either speak out and defend the 
rights that are given to us in our Constitution, or we can watch them 
slip away.
  Those are the stakes. We have to push back. We have to speak out and 
use our voices against this tyranny.

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