Congressional Record, House, April 6, 2022, Page H4388
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A page of the Congressional Record, House, dated April 6, 2022, at page H4388, carrying the end of a special order. Speakers including Mr. Keller and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana argue that lifting title 42 would turn the crisis at the southern border into chaos, with one speaker saying 18,000 people would cross per day. Another speaker says that prior to the war between Russia and Ukraine, Russia provided the United States with 8 percent of its oil and refined products, that drivers in western Pennsylvania have seen high gasoline prices for well over a month, and that the United States should expand oil imports from allies and neighbors. The remarks are the speakers' own.
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H4388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 6, 2022
18,000 illegal aliens will cross our As the war between Russia and We should be expanding oil imports
southern border per day if title 42 is Ukraine wages on, many Americans from our allies and neighbors rather
lifted—18,000 illegal aliens in 1 day. In have been quickly reminded of just how than paying our adversaries who can
3 days, that would be greater than the global our economy really is. hold our energy sector hostage. Doing
population of Pennsylvania’s capital Now, prior to the war, Russia pro- so not only makes economic sense, but
city, Harrisburg—in less than 3 days. In vided the United States with 8 percent it improves relations with those closest
a little more than a day, it would be of our Nation’s oil and refined prod- to us and further strengthens our na-
greater than the population of Wil- ucts. A war involving Russia can sud- tional security by becoming less de-
liamsport, Pennsylvania, the largest denly spike fuel prices at your local pendent on bullies like Russia, Ven-
city in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congres- gas station. Like many nationwide, ezuela, and Iran.
sional District. drivers in my home district of western Now, on the other hand, President
If President Biden removes title 42, it Pennsylvania have seen gasoline at Biden has single-handedly made Ameri-
goes beyond bad judgment. It is reck- over $4 a gallon for well over a month. cans poorer and our Nation’s security
less, and it will turn the crisis into The interruption of our Nation’s oil weaker during his first year in office.
chaos at our southern border. supply and subsequent skyrocketing His anti-fossil fuel, Green New Deal
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. prices are just the latest reminder that wish list has placed unnecessary bur-
Speaker, I thank Mr. KELLER for that. we need to refocus our energy policies dens on the oil and gas industry.
These words are not hyperbole. This is in Washington and produce more en- Even as gas prices are reaching
what the experts are saying. Customs ergy right here at home in America. record highs here nationwide, just last
and Border Patrol agents, those offi- Let’s go back to May 2021, when two month President Biden had announced
cials who are there every day watching things happened: the United States im- that he is pausing decisions about new
this chaos, this calamity that has de- ported a record amount of Russian oil, Federal oil and gas drilling as part of
veloped, they are the ones that are giv- and President Biden waived sanctions his plan to tackle climate change. And
ing us these numbers. They project on Nord Stream 2. That is the Russian that is just the beginning.
18,000 illegals a day. It is just hard to natural gas pipeline set to supply much So far, President Biden has an-
wrap your mind around that. of Europe with energy. nounced the release of 80 million bar-
b 2000 Now, 4 months earlier the President rels of oil from the Nation’s Strategic
canceled the Keystone XL pipeline be- Petroleum Reserve. Just last week
Mr. KELLER. That is the executive President Biden announced he will re-
tween the United States and Canada.
branch, homeland security. lease up to another 180 million barrels
That pipeline would have delivered an
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Abso-
additional 830,000 barrels of crude oil a of oil over the next 6 months in an ef-
lutely. And these are the results of pol-
day. That is 830,000 barrels of crude oil fort to drive down gas prices. That
icy choices, and they could easily be
per day. doesn’t drive down gas prices.
reversed if the White House would
That would have gone to U.S. refin- That theory really sounds good, but,
wake up and do something.
eries, and it would have created thou- Mr. Speaker, I want you to think about
So I thank the gentleman for bring-
sands and thousands of jobs. That is where that oil is coming from. The
ing that to our attention tonight.
Mr. Speaker, you have heard Mem- more oil than the United States im- Strategic Petroleum Reserve is to be
bers from across the country—north, ports from Russia each day. This is a used in times of a national emergency
south, east, and west—who have ex- no-brainer. Just bring back the pipe- when we don’t have a supply. It is not
pressed their outrage and their concern line. It is so easy to do and so easy to used to just try and rack up some
with all of the terrible policy choices institute. cheap political points by saying: I am
that are leading to absurd results for Why would we not do that? doing this so you won’t have to pay
our country. These are very dangerous Why would we not be energy inde- that much at the pump.
times. There is no leadership in the pendent? It is not working. It never will work.
We can’t depend on bad foreign ac- Now, on November 23, the adminis-
White House. There is no leadership in
tors such as Russia, Venezuela, or Iran tration released 50 million barrels from
the administration. There is no leader-
to help provide our Nation’s energy. the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Ac-
ship from the Democratic majority in
Above all I applaud the collective ef- cording to the U.S. Energy Information
this House or in the split Senate down
fort right here in Washington to stop Administration, the average price of
the Hall. We can turn these things
bankrolling the Russian war machine gas dropped by a whopping 2 cents. In
around, and we can stop these crises if
by buying their products. following days, by December 6, it
we make different decisions, but they
According to the Council on Foreign dropped another 3 cents. So we saved a
will not do it.
Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for my Relations, revenue from the energy nickel, but we attacked our Strategic
colleagues who have shown up tonight sector is responsible for more than 40 Petroleum Reserve.
to articulate this for the American percent of Russia’s federal budget. Now, as of March 25 the reserve sup-
people. We can’t say it often enough or Some quick, back-of-the-envelope ply was 568 million barrels, meaning
loudly enough. math, the 8 percent of Russian oil we that President Biden is ready to take
There is going to be a sea change in imported equates to 672,000 barrels of one-third of our Nation’s reserve and
November, and we pray that we can oil per day. use them for his short-term political
hold on and keep this Republic until But this moment calls for a broader gain that has already proven to not
then. push to end our reliance on foreign en- lower gas prices for America but has
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ergy sources. weakened the reserve.
of my time. To start, President Biden should re- Now, keep in mind, the purpose of
f
verse his executive order banning the the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is to
Keystone pipeline. counter severe supply chain disrup-
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, NA- Next, we must return to Trump-era tions and enhance national security. It
TIONAL SECURITY, AND FOR- energy policies that made the U.S. en- is not to make your polls look better,
EIGN POLICY ergy independent. To amend the former Mr. President.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under President’s famous tag line, let’s The 80 million barrels the President
the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- change it to make North America great previously released are worth only
uary 4, 2021, the Chair recognizes the again. about 4 days of U.S. oil consumption.
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gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. According to the U.S. Energy Infor- Only the President can decide to with-
KELLY) for 30 minutes. mation Administration, 61 percent of draw oil from or refill the reserve.
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. U.S. crude oil imports come from Can- What is even more frightening so far is
Speaker, today I rise to address some ada. Another 11 percent comes from China has hardly tapped their oil re-
of the biggest problems facing the Mexico. Seventy-two percent comes serves. President Biden’s shortsighted
United States today and, quite frankly, from our neighbors to the north and decision-making is dangerously harm-
the world. our neighbors to the south. ing our national security.
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Now, I am proud to represent the the first responder to anything that to Taiwan and have them make it. And
great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, goes wrong in the world—needs to have we walked away from what is so crit-
a place once deemed and called the help from other people, not America ical to us.
Saudi Arabia of natural gas. Pennsyl- alone, but America with our allies. Now, the scary thing is that these are
vania produces 21 percent of the nat- NATO’s purpose remains as impor- just the crises before us right now. His-
ural gas extracted in the United tant today as it was back then. A pow- tory reflects how a robust American
States. That is second only to Texas, erful, unified response has served the foreign policy has significantly shaped
according to the Energy Information free world well throughout history. the world, specifically the Western
Administration. Now, much like World War II, we Hemisphere. So when we talk about the
In 2020, the Energy Information Ad- have existing or looming conflicts in Western Hemisphere, this is one of the
ministration adds that U.S. dry nat- multiple regions or theaters of the things I think that is probably going
ural gas production was about 10 per- world including Asia. Today, China is more unnoticed than anything: In the
cent greater than U.S. total natural threatening Taiwan. Now, as we are de- 1800s President Monroe knew that in
gas consumption. That means we can flected from watching what is going to its infancy the United States was de-
export natural gas that we produce cre- happen in Taiwan and watching the veloping at a very quick rate, and it
ating energy security for other na- dangerous situation in Taiwan by what really looked like something that
tions, notably our European allies who is going on in Ukraine—and I don’t say other places around the world would
are currently dependent on Russia for we should take our eyes off of what is look at with envy and say: Do you
their natural gas, and it forges a going on in Ukraine—we should just know what? They are getting stronger
stronger foreign policy in the process. not think that that is the only theater every day, and they are getting better
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the that we have to be concerned with. every day. Maybe we need to get over
spike in fuel costs go hand in hand Taiwan is one of our major allies, and there and colonize. Maybe we need to
with American foreign policy. If we are in recent months multiple reports indi- get involved there.
dependent on bad actors for energy, cate that China has been quietly con- So the Monroe Doctrine came into ef-
then we are subjecting ourselves to ducting combat readiness drills near fect, and the whole idea behind that
their demands. But if we can supply Taiwan, an island territory that China was, let’s make sure that people
the world with affordable energy, then still claims to own. This matters for around the world cannot make an ef-
we can strengthen our international two reasons: First, the Chinese are fort to come in and get into our West-
ties and reinforce relationships instead watching the world’s response to ern Hemisphere and cause us great dan-
of falling behind. Most importantly, we Putin’s attempt at a land grab in ger.
give the American people a greater Ukraine because China is threatening So the Monroe Doctrine came out.
sense of security that Russia so des- to take over their own neighbor as But then as things went on and we got
perately seeks to have only for itself. well. more powerful and we had more and
On the topic of foreign policy, Mr. Secondly, this could directly impact more going for us, all of a sudden, the
Speaker, I want to quote a great fellow the American consumer. Ninety-two world looked to us, and they just didn’t
Pennsylvanian, Benjamin Franklin, percent of the world’s supply of ad- take a slight glance at us, but they
who said: ‘‘By failing to prepare, you vanced semiconductor chips—used in looked at us with covetousness. They
are preparing to fail.’’ everything from automobiles to looked at us with who we were and
Now, I have thought an awful lot cellphones—are made in Taiwan. what we were becoming and all the val-
about our Founding Father’s words as If we have learned nothing from the uable things that were right here in
we watched current events unfold COVID pandemic, it is that we cannot our hemisphere.
around the world. So much of what we depend on other people around the
world to supply us with those things b 2015
are seeing right now mirrors itself in
history. that we need the most. It is a fool’s er- So Teddy Roosevelt says: You know
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of rand to think that somehow this ends what? I am going to put together the
Ukraine is a stark reminder that bul- well. It does not. It ends terribly for us, Roosevelt Corollary that really estab-
lies like Vladimir Putin will stop at and it ends terribly for the free world. lishes guidelines for any intervention
nothing to achieve their end game to Any large-scale attack on Taiwan in the United States or our Western
upend democracy and freedom while means these chips would likely become Hemisphere.
chilling all the opposition in the proc- very scarce as almost everything else The content within these policies
ess. in the world is right now, and in some largely addressed actions by European
This type of takeover carries a prece- cases probably unavailable altogether. nations or the inactions of Latin Amer-
dent. Putin’s quest to conquer Ukraine That is why I am cosponsoring the Fa- ican nations. But I believe they are rel-
should remind all of us of what hap- cilitating American-Built Semiconduc- evant, once again, and are worth fur-
pened in the 1930s and 1940s when Ad- tors, or the FABS Act, with Congress- ther review, and here is why.
olph Hitler began a similar pursuit man MIKE MCCAUL. If you were to take a look at the
across Europe. Now, for far too long This piece of legislation allows for a Western Hemisphere and just take a
the free world watched from the side- new tax credit through 2032 for invest- real broad look at it and say: Okay,
lines hoping that European forces ment in any semiconductor manufac- fine, let’s take a close look. South
could prevent further escalation only turing facility and semiconductor-de- America, Central America, up into the
to find that Hitler and the Axis Powers signed expenditures right here at triangle, the deepwater ports in Cuba,
were relentless. Thankfully, the Allied home. and both ends of the Panama Canal all
forces defeated the global bullies of What an unusual concept: to invest have significant foreign countries—and
that era. in American technology with American they are mainly China.
Now, over 80 years later, we can con- workers to make America safer and People tell me: You don’t need to
sult history for potential answers to stronger, not somebody a world away worry about that Panama Canal; China
modern power struggles. As Russia’s from us. Let’s do it right here at home. is not really taking it over. I say: You
military assault on Ukraine continues, Let’s do it right here at home. know what? If you don’t read history,
the United States and NATO allies Now, currently we make just 12 per- you don’t study history, you are
must respond together. After all, cent of the world’s semiconductor chip doomed to repeat it.
NATO, which is a collection of over 30 supply. That is hard for me to imagine Why would we not look at what is
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nations, was formed in 1949 after World that we knew at the time how nec- going on right now in our Western
War II to prevent what? essary the semiconductor chips were, Hemisphere and say, we have put
Soviet aggression. but we had kind of a blind eye and a things into place to protect us from
NATO has a responsibility to step up. deaf ear to what it was that manufac- foreign intervention.
Those member countries have a respon- turers were talking about. We said: Do I want to tell you, you look at the
sibility to step in. All in all, hand in you know what? For a couple of pen- Western Hemisphere, South America,
hand, the United States—which is also nies we can save, let’s send them over Central America, the triangle, the
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deepwater ports in Cuba, that would be not who we are, that is not who we say to me: So you are in concert with
ideal for heavy military use, and both have ever been, and that is not who we us; you believe the same things we do?
ends of the Panama Canal. If you don’t can be in a free world. I would say: I absolutely do. I abso-
think that is a threat to American se- If our friends and allies in the free lutely do. They said: You want those
curity, then you need to wake up. We world take a look at what our actions girls back? I said: Yes, I do. But I don’t
are in great danger right now and not have been later—because actions al- want just the girls that Boko Haram
knowing it. ways speak louder than words—but we took; I want the girls back that have
First of all, the Chinese are not very continue to use words, thinking that been aborted. I want those girls back
quiet about what they are trying to do. somehow bad actors will cower and whose lives were ended. I want you to
They have a theory that they want to walk away from us, that is not the really face the truth of what is going
take over the world. They don’t whis- America that we know. That is not the on in America today.
per about it; they don’t sneak around America that 1.4 million of our men The wordsmithing that takes place
about it; they just do what they want and women in uniform have died to here in the people’s House, on the floor,
to do. Their presence in Africa should protect and to send a message to the people talk about abortion as
be a great awakening for us. bad actors of the world, we will always healthcare, taking the life of a little
We have crippled ourselves with regu- be here, we will always be on guard, boy or a little girl is healthcare.
lations and sanctions on so many and we will never walk away from our Every night, we see pictures of what
things that we need, and I don’t know responsibilities. Russia is doing to Ukraine. Yet, we
for what reason, other than somehow I don’t know what has happened to have a deaf ear to the cries of the un-
we think that we are smarter than ev- America in a little bit over a year. Peo- born, and we don’t look at all to those
erybody else and we know that we can ple always say: I think it is better to who are being lost every day. Because
protect ourselves. And the question is: be respected than feared. I think both if you don’t see them, I guess they
Really, how? And the answer is: Well, have a great effect on everybody. I don’t count.
we really can’t. want both those to be in effect. Congress has long required that tax-
I guess our answer will be what it al- I will tell you this: When Donald payer dollars are not to be used for
ways is: We will write a strong letter, Trump was our President, nobody but abortions, and President Biden has ac-
and Jinping will get it. We will tell nobody messed with the U.S.A. tively tried to circumvent this require-
Mr. Speaker, we have so many things ment. In April of 2021, under President
them: Please, stay out of our hemi-
going on right now. We wonder: What Biden’s leadership, the NIH announced
sphere and please stop trying to influ-
is the future? What is the future not it would no longer require fetal tissue
ence the rest of the world for evil. And
only for America but for America’s research projects funded by the agency
we will tell Putin: You need to stop
friends and allies? We look at energy as to go through an ethics advisory board.
doing what you are doing in Ukraine.
one of the key issues that we are talk- So the question then becomes: Why
At some point, we will actually read
ing about today, and we know that in do we have an ethics advisory board, if
history and say we have been down this
America we have endless supplies of we are not going to go to them to find
road before, but we failed to take ac-
energy. What is holding us back now out what it is that we are talking
tion at a time that was absolutely crit-
are our own regulations. about?
ical and pushed it on and pushed it out I heard the administration say: We Then in September of 2021, we began
of sight, and the price we paid was in- have thousands of permits; why don’t hearing the horrific allegations of ille-
credible. Let’s not do that again. you just go ahead and use them? Which gal abortions being performed at the
There is an old saying that is: To be really shows that they have absolutely University of Pittsburgh for harvesting
foretold is to be forewarned. With ev- no idea that having a permit isn’t the fetal tissue.
erything going on in the world today, same as extracting energy. Somehow, I I can tell you, me being on the floor
we hear a lot of people using the term guess, if you say it long enough and tonight will resonate in Pittsburgh
‘‘world war III.’’ I am not here tonight loud enough and to the right crowd, and, unfortunately, it won’t be by
telling you that that is what is going they will nod their heads and say: I those who are pro-life; it will be by
to happen. I am here telling you to- know. You are right. those that think that somehow this is
night that America and the free world You know what? Get out into the an attack on Pitt and not an attack on
have to understand that we have seen field and see the people that actually little unborn boys and girls.
this action before. We know what lies do it. Talk to the people that know For all of those who do not like what
ahead of us, and we know the cost of how to extract energy. Talk to the peo- I am saying tonight, please take off
not addressing it early. We can do it ple that can go offshore. Talk to the your blinders and understand what is
through policy, but peace always people that go deep down into the taking place.
comes through strength, not through Earth. Talk to all of those people and We began hearing all of these hor-
weakness. tell them: Don’t worry. You have a per- rible allegations of illegal abortions
Diplomacy is one thing, as Teddy mit. Just go ahead and use it. And by being performed at the University of
Roosevelt said: ‘‘Walk softly, but carry the way, if you don’t use it, we will Pittsburgh for harvesting fetal tissue.
a big stick.’’ start taxing you on your nonuse. How These abortions were performed as part
I would just suggest to you that if upside down is this thinking? of Pitt’s participation in an NIH pro-
you go back to the year 2016—actually PRO-LIFE INFORMATION gram for the university to operate as a
2017, when our 45th President of the Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. fetal tissue repository for research hap-
United States, Donald Trump, came Speaker, the last thing I am going to pening around the country.
into office, please tell me why for the 4 address tonight is probably the most The types of abortions Pitt is ac-
years Mr. Trump was in office, the rest important issue of all, because every- cused of performing are horrific. Babies
of the world stayed at bay? The bad ac- thing we talk about right now, every- that survived the abortion would be
tors of the world didn’t attempt to do thing we have addressed already, is born alive and then killed. This was to
any of the things that they are doing about life. preserve—this is really hard to under-
today. There was a tradition here that on stand—this is to preserve the fetal cells
Certainly, last summer, in our dem- Wednesdays people would wear red, and longer, a process known as maximizing
onstration of how we would leave a they would wear red to remind people warm ischemia time.
country high and dry, that we would of the girls that had been kidnapped by When you say: Well, what is that?
take out our military first and leave Boko Haram. We wanted those girls When you talk to the scientists, well,
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our military equipment and citizens to back, so we would wear red and would the idea is the warm tissue is actually
face what was going on in Afghanistan walk around here and say: We have got more valuable for our studies. So a
was a warning to the rest of the world red on today because we want those baby boy or girl that survives this
that you better be careful with the girls back; Boko Haram has got to re- abortion, that is the tissue that is the
United States, because if you are not, turn those girls. most valuable to us.
they will pack up their bags in the So I started wearing red on Wednes- Now, I think if any of us came upon
middle of the night and leave. That is days. Friends on the other side would some kind of accident or saw somebody
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who was in grave danger, we would which included a full wish list of Demo- trol, but often referred to now as the
want to save them. Somebody who has crat anti-life priorities. center for Democrat control, an-
endured an unbelievable process and Here are some examples from his re- nounced that it would be ending title
survived it, we would save them; we cent budget: Number 1, it eliminates 42.
would not take advantage of that. the Hyde amendment, which prohibits At a time when liberal mayors across
This program was supported by tax- federal funding for abortions. It be- our country are extending mask man-
payer funding through the NIH pro- came law in 1976. The Hyde amendment dates on our children in schools, and
gram. So congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. has saved over 2.4 million lives. the American public is still being
Taxpayer, for all the things that you b 2030 forced to mask-up on airplanes, the
hate, you are helping to fund it. Biden regime has decided that pro-
This isn’t the only abortion project It also wants to eliminate the Dor- tecting the American people from dis-
that the National Institutes of Health nan amendment. The Dornan amend- eases, including but not limited to
is funding, though. The NIH expects to ment prevents taxpayer dollars from COVID, is not a priority if it comes at
spend $88 million on human fetal tissue being used to pay for abortion in the the expense of their amnesty and open
research in this year alone. District of Columbia. Without this pro- borders agenda.
When these allegations began coming tection, D.C. taxpayer dollars could
Now, it is no coincidence that the
out—which I thought was a real good pay for an estimated 1,400 to 1,500 abor-
Biden regime has decided to drop title
move by the university—they hired a tions every year. Every year.
42, a policy that has been used to pre-
law firm to conduct an independent re- It increased Title X family planning
vent communicable diseases from
view of Pitt’s abortion process. Some- funding by $113 million. Title X is a
spreading into the homeland via illegal
body is questioning the process you do, prime funding source for Planned Par-
aliens entering our southern border.
so you say: Here is what I will do. I enthood, providing it with $56 million
In fact, more than 2 million illegal
want to participate with you, so I will taxpayer dollars annually. Now, on
aliens have been apprehended at our
provide the funding to an independent January 21, 2022, the Biden administra-
southern border since Joe Biden took
research group. That law firm was a tion awarded $6.6 million in Title X
office, and Border Patrol agents esti-
Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm funds from the American Rescue Plan
mate another 70 percent of these illegal
that employs Pitt grads. What a sur- to abortion providers. $6.6 million in
immigrants have not been appre-
prise. American taxpayer money to provide
hended. They call them got-aways. So,
The review determined that Pitt was funds for abortion providers.
in fact, that means nearly 3.5 million
totally in compliance with the law. Now, I am Catholic, and oftentimes I
illegal aliens have come across our bor-
They didn’t say what Pitt was doing have gone to my priest and I have said,
der on Biden’s watch.
was right; they said they were in com- ‘‘Father, is there some reason you can-
not go into the pulpit and talk about Now, Republicans and Democrats
pliance with the law, even though that
the horrendous things that are going from both the House and Senate have
report completely failed to look into
on in our country today?’’ You know condemned canceling title 42. Some
Planned Parenthood or UPMC, who
what the United States Conference of have called it dangerous, and others
were partners with this NIH program.
Catholic Bishops said? ‘‘The USCCB re- have called it frightening. I call it an
When all of this came out, we sent a
mains gravely concerned about the attack on the safety and security of
letter, along with Representative MOR-
continued efforts to expand taxpayer the American people.
GAN GRIFFITH and over 50 of our col-
leagues, asking the NIH for answers on funding of abortion, which would occur It has been reported that by the time
how it funds and oversees these abor- if the Hyde amendment or any other the mid-terms roll around in November
tions programs. It took them months lifesaving appropriations riders were to of 2022, nearly 7 million illegal aliens
to respond to me, which is not unusual be removed from the annual appropria- will have crossed the southern border
for any letter you send to any agency tions bill.’’ this year. That is larger than the popu-
here in Washington, D.C. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lations of Denver, San Francisco, At-
When they finally did reply to us, time of the gentleman has expired. lanta, Washington, D.C., Boston, Se-
they simply pointed out to me and to Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. ‘‘We attle, Miami, Las Vegas, New Orleans,
the rest of us: Please, look at Pitt’s take this stand because abortion is not Portland, Tampa, and Detroit com-
independent review. healthcare. It is the antithesis of bined. Can you imagine?
Now, this level of accountability to healthcare.’’ We have a product here that is work-
Congress is completely unacceptable, Now, I know I am out of time, but me ing. We have a policy that is working
and it shouldn’t take months for a gov- being out of time here on the floor does to deter some people away from the
ernment agency to respond to letters not take this country from being out of border, but we are going to take what-
from any of us here in the House of time to address the most egregious ac- ever sliver we have that is keeping peo-
Representatives. We are here rep- tions that are taking place. ple out of our country illegally and do
resenting the people who voted us in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The away with it.
office. And when they do respond, they time of the gentleman has again ex- Maybe it is to overrun our system,
should respond with a substantive an- pired. maybe it is to create chaos; 8 to 10
swer. I don’t need to be horsed around Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Now, I years of backlogs, so then the Amer-
and told something and told: Well, you just tell you, I am going to use up some ican people have to accept amnesty. I
just don’t understand. time, and you can keep hammering me, am not sure exactly what the plan is,
Which is absolutely correct. I don’t but you know what? In the time we but it certainly is intentional, and that
understand. In the United States of have been talking, so far, as of April is what members of the House Freedom
America, why are we doing things and 5—— Caucus are here to discuss tonight.
then covering them up and saying, we The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- I have with me members from the
did an independent review. We paid for tleman is no longer recognized. House Freedom Caucus who are going
it, and these guys actually came up f to address what has been going on at
with an answer that we were looking the southern border. We have been to
for. So they followed the money. CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN the southern border multiple times to
A few weeks ago, Congress finally BORDER see firsthand what is happening—the
passed a budget, the first since Presi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under invasion that is taking place in our
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dent Biden has been in office. It was far the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- country—unlike the border czar, who
from perfect, but it included strong uary 4, 2021, the Chair recognizes the has failed to visit the most dangerous
protections for the unborn, protections gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. parts of our southern border. I think
which have been in place since the BOEBERT) for 30 minutes. she made a trip to El Paso. And then,
1970s. Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, this of course, the Commander in Chief,
Less than 2 weeks later, President past Friday, Biden’s CDC, formally who is in command of nothing, he
Biden released his 2023 budget proposal, known as the Centers for Disease Con- hasn’t been there at all.
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