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Condemning the Chinese Communist Party's Use of A High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon Over United States Territory As A Brazen Violation of United States Sovereignty

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 9, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman McCaul and the ranking member for H. Res. 104. Mr. Speaker, I stand to support this resolution.

The sovereignty of any nation should, at the very least, be defined by its physical barriers. Certainly, sovereignty extends far beyond geographic borders, but at its base, a sovereign nation not only has the right to defend itself against intrusion, but it has the responsibility to do so.

Daily, our executive branch chooses policy pathways in the areas of national defense, foreign affairs, and homeland security that weaken the sovereignty of these United States. We see this on the southern border on a minute-by-minute basis.

This past week, we saw this weak-minded leadership when we failed to take timely and decisive action to shoot down what we knew was an intelligence-gathering balloon on a mission from the Chinese Communist Party.

This Nation is capable of strong and decisive action to protect its national interests, but we must be willing to act on this capability.

Let the foreign affairs and national defense policies in this Nation be strong, strategic, and steady. If we are not, our sovereignty will certainly erode to nothing.

Mr. Speaker, I stand again to support H. Res. 104 and appreciate the bipartisan support on this issue. In doing so, I stand to support the sovereignty of the United States and the security of its people.

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