“This past Friday was a statement from the President that says, he needs a bill, and I quote, ‘that would give me as president a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law’ “
“Mr. President, come on, man. On Day One of your administration, hours after we were on the west side of the Capitol watching the new President being sworn in, in January of ’21. One of the first things he did was he killed the Keystone Pipeline, but don’t ever forget within hours he rescinded the National Emergency Declaration at the border. Rather than leave in place policies that kept our border under control. Remember he also stopped construction of the wall.”
“Mr. President, you did the exact opposite. It’s why we have folks streaming across the border at record levels who are on the terror watch list, from countries designated as state sponsors of terror.”
“And let’s be very clear. Pres. Biden could use his executive authority now to stop it, but he refuses. He could issue that executive order right now. It would address the Dept. of Homeland Security abuse of parole power, expediting renewal and restricting re-entry.”
By Hon. Steve Daines
