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Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 29, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. DONALDS. Mr. Speaker, $2 trillion deficit, $33 trillion in debt, and Washington just wants to continue to grow.

Mr. Speaker, 20 percent inflation year over year is crippling every family in our country, and 8 percent mortgage rates are squeezing our real estate market, and Washington just wants to grow and grow.

Our cities are overrun with migrants because of the reckless policies of the President of the United States. Fentanyl is killing 85,000 Americans year over year, and congressional Democrats refuse to secure the border.

Mr. Speaker, enough is enough. This bill does one very important thing--really two very important things.

Number one, it returns our government back to pre-COVID spending levels of 2019. COVID-19 is over. Why can't our government live within its means? Our people have to live within their means; our government should, as well.

I remember when there was a baby formula shortage and mothers couldn't get food for their infants. Joe Biden was nowhere. Congressional Democrats were nowhere. All they said was spend more money while the problems persisted.

They are building shelters in parks in New York City to house migrants, and congressional Democrats say there is no issue at the border even though everybody sees the problems that exist.

This is the time to secure the border of our Nation and to cut wasteless spending in our government. If we are going to have a society and a government worthy of the people that we serve, Washington has to do something that Washington never seems to want to do: restrain itself.

We have a fundamental obligation to secure this Nation and to secure the people that we all serve.

Coming out here talking about what is going to happen with WIC is not going to solve the problem. Talking about the fiscal health of this Nation is going to solve the problem.

Our national debt has been downgraded twice now. The Democrats want to spend more money. Support this measure.

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