Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2026

Floor Speech

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Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, one trick that you see back here in Washington politics is when the opposing side is arguing in defense of the indefensible, they will say: I support border security but . . . there is always a but.

What we have seen for the last 5\1/2\ years since President Biden took over in 2021 to today is very simply laid out in the following three strategies: Leave the border wide open, then create a bunch of sanctuary cities, and then refuse to fund immigration and Border Patrol.

If you look at those three things, Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what they are doing. Now they are forcing us to go at it alone, when for decades, longer than that, Republicans and Democrats have always been able to come together and support a homeland security bill, but they refuse to support ICE and CBP.

S. Con. Res. 33 is a critical step in delivering on the key policy mandate that voters gave Congress: to secure the southern border and end the national crisis that is mass migration.

I would much rather fund and regulate the Department of Homeland Security and immigration enforcement through regular appropriations. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made that impossible. This is not a serious way to govern. It is irresponsible, and it is dangerous.

Congress should not play with the livelihoods of servicemembers at the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Agency, or the Secret Service to secure a political win. We cannot restrict resources at a time like this, especially amid recent threats to White House officials and national security concerns.

We are now forced to run a narrowly focused partisan reconciliation process to provide necessary funding to ICE and CBP and their operational and support components to last through the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has made great strides in securing the border and removing those who have entered our country illegally, which will alleviate strains on local law enforcement and hospital systems. It will help lower insurance premiums and put downward pressure on housing prices in the long term.

Supporting this resolution will ensure we can build on the success and continue to provide a safe environment for American families to thrive. This also does a very important thing by setting our projected deficit on a path toward 3 percent of GDP.

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Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I will end there. I thank the chairman for the additional time.

Mr. Speaker, we need to take our finances seriously and put us on a path toward 3 percent debt to GDP.

I urge my colleagues to support this budget resolution.

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