House Freedom Caucus

Floor Speech

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Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for recognizing me tonight. I appreciate it.

Recognizing that the time is drawing short, and we have lots of other people who want to speak on this issue, I will attempt to keep myself in check on the time.

Mr. Speaker, everybody knows we have to secure our border. When we talk about building the wall, we are not talking just about bricks and mortar. We are talking about securing our borders with all devices available to us, whether that be drones or smart fences like they have in Israel where they protect 17 miles of border with a fence that, if something hits it, they send people out to see what is going on.

We have to use all the tools in the toolbox. And the $5 billion is just the start on what we need to do to protect all of our borders, but it is an important start.

We have heard about the drug crisis, and all of our districts are affected by it. A lot of times, people say in the mountains of southwest Virginia: Morgan, why are you so concerned about this illegal immigration?

Let me tell you why. The Mexican drug cartels are bringing methamphetamine into my district. They use it as a distribution area. They are the main supplier of that drug. Now that we have gotten opioids a little bit under control, and we are starting to get that where it should be, the Mexican cartels are our biggest problem in the mountains of southwest Virginia.

It is important that we secure our borders, build the wall, protect the American people, protect our borders, and protect our laws.

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