Self-Inflicted Crises
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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, under the leadership of the Biden administration, Americans are facing escalating challenges to our economy, to our national security and, ultimately, to our way of life. As we have heard many times, our Nation continues to jump from crisis to crisis.
On this floor, I have often raised concerns about the border crisis, and it continues to spiral out of control as we record an increasing number of migrants crossing the southern border, along with gang violence, human trafficking, and deadly illicit drugs.
Border agents seized over 900 pounds of fentanyl at our southern border last month alone. Today, we are witnessing an escalating crisis and, unlike our Vice President, the American people aren't laughing.
More than 80 days ago, President Biden tasked Vice President Harris with addressing the border crisis. Months later, she has yet to visit the border and witness the devastation firsthand.
How many days will it take? One hundred? Two hundred? A year?
If Vice President Harris needs encouragement to get to the southwest border, then Congress can provide an incentive. I am proud to support Congresswoman Ashley Hinson's See the Crisis Act, which would defund Vice President Harris' international travel until she visits America's southwest border.
It is simple. If the Vice President wants to go to Europe, then she must go to the border first.
This is no laughing matter. At home in Pennsylvania, the border crisis is a matter of life and death. Lives are depending on border security.
The truth is clear: We can't afford the Biden border crisis. We can't afford the Biden economic crisis. We can't afford the Biden national security crisis. And we can't afford the Biden energy crisis.
This pattern is rooted in the Biden administration's broken policies. Under President Biden's watch, we are a nation in crisis.
The American people are paying attention, and they are counting on us to stop this alarming trend and restore our Nation's path to recovery.
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