Washington, D.C. – House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined her House colleagues to discuss the Biden border crisis which has created the most pressing humanitarian, national security, and homeland crisis in our nation’s history.
Chairwoman Stefanik started off the press conference with a moment of silence to honor the three U.S. service members that bore the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country in an Iranian-backed terrorist attack against U.S. forces in the Middle East.
View the full transcript of her remarks below:
“Good morning. I want to begin by taking a moment of silence to honor the three U.S. service members that bore the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country.
We know that American troops are at risk around the world because of Joe Biden’s weak global leadership that foreign adversaries like Iran fear no reprisal for taking American lives.
Also, at home, border security is the most fundamental responsibility of a nation, and House Republicans are serving as the last line of defense to secure our border. As we speak, House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are marking up the long overdue articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas holding him accountable for his breach of the public trust and willful refusal to enforce our laws. Mayorkas and Joe Biden have failed the American people, and Secretary Mayorkas is responsible for the devastation and destruction and the implementation of the failed Biden border policies that have led to a crisis in states and communities nationwide. Our country is experiencing a full fledged invasion with illegal immigrants pouring across our borders in record numbers encouraged by Joe Biden’s open border policies. Since stepping foot in the Oval Office, there have been over 8.3 million illegal crossings nationwide. Over 360 of those individuals are on the terrorist watch list. And this crisis is not going away. December marked the highest single month of illegal immigrant encounters at our Southern Border in history.
From the Northern to the Southern Border, every single community has been turned into a border community and destroyed countless American families in the process. Whether that's through fentanyl poisoning, rising crime, or displacing American students and taxpayers, like a school in New York. The Biden border crisis has created the most pressing humanitarian, national security, and homeland crisis in our nation’s history. In the last three months, just in the Northern Border which I represent in my district. The Northern Border has seen more illegal crossings than the total of both 2021 and 2022 combined, yet, you have Far Left leaders like New York Governor Kathy Hochul trying to force New York taxpayers to shovel out 2.4 billion dollars to subsidize Joe Biden’s border crisis.
Joe Biden, Mayorkas, and Far Left Democrats have failed the American people making their priorities crystal clear: Illegal Immigrants come first. American families last in Joe Biden’s America.
House Republicans will not sit idly by while Joe Biden and Extreme Democrats refuse to do their job. In addition to pursuing the impeachment of Mayorkas, we are bringing four important bills to the floor this week committed to addressing Biden’s Border Crisis.”
