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Determined Work By Congressional Republicans Secured Important Conservative Policy Wins In This Year’s Appropriations Bills
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03.08.24
What They’re Saying About Senator Britt’s ‘Stinging Election-Year Critique Of The President’
Described As ‘A Rising Star Within The GOP’ Who ‘Centered Her Remarks On The Issues She Says Are Plaguing Everyday Americans,’ Senator Britt ‘Slammed’ President Biden’s Record of Failure ‘In A Biting Republican Response To Biden’s Address, First-Term Sen. Katie Britt’ ‘Delivered A Stinging Election-Year Critique Of The President’ And ‘Pulled No Punches’ ‘While Promising A Different Path Under The GOP’ “Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt pulled no punches as she delivered her party’s rebutta… Continue Reading
03.07.24
Three Years Of Joe Biden’s Failures Leaves The State Of Our Union Weaker And Americans Deeply Unsatisfied
Tonight, @POTUS is going to tell the American people that the state of our union is strong. But his historic inflation, violent crime, open borders, and weakness on the world stage say otherwise. pic.twitter.com/xrbVBub18B — Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) March 7, 2024 SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “Tonight, President Biden will deliver the last State of the Union address of his term. For the past three years, these speeches have served as mile markers,… Continue Reading
02.05.24
The Senate Has A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity To Finally Change The Status Quo On America’s Borders
This Agreement Secures Unprecedented Conservative Policy Changes To At Last Tackle Biden’s Border Crisis, Including Reforms To Our Broken Asylum System, Halting Abuses Of Parole, And Surging Enforcement To The Border, All Without Any Concessions To Democrat Amnesty Demands SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “For three years, the American people have endured both a border crisis and the open-borders agenda that caused it. President Biden’s campaign promise to welcome illegal alien… Continue Reading
12.20.23
Border Crisis Escalates Because Of Biden’s Disastrous Policies
With Record Numbers Of Illegal Aliens Entering The Country, CBP Is Overwhelmed And Senate Republicans Are Fighting To Enact Border Security Reforms That Can Begin Restoring Order SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “Over the weekend, our colleagues continued to make progress toward an agreement on border security. I’m especially grateful to Senator Lankford for stewarding Senate Republicans’ efforts to produce meaningful policy changes, fix our broken asylum system, and secure the … Continue Reading
12.05.23
Democrats Still Refuse To Take Biden’s Border Crisis Seriously
Instead Of Working With Republicans To Seriously Address The Biden Administration’s Border Crisis, Democrats Are Dragging Their Feet And Echoing Far-Left Activist Groups Who Want No Border Enforcement At All, Threatening To Tank Bipartisan Border Talks Border security isn’t extraneous to national security - it’s essential. It’s time for Democrats to get serious. pic.twitter.com/X8Nq9eyUpp — Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) December 5, 2023 SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER M… Continue Reading
11.28.23
Democrats Prefer Conditioning Aid To Israel While Refusing To Address America’s Border Crisis
As More And More Democrats Fall In Line With Far-Left Calls For Conditioning Aid To Israel, Many Of The Same Democrats Reject Including U.S. Border Security In A Supplemental Spending Bill That Simultaneously Addresses Multiple Critical American National Security Challenges SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “America needs to stand with our friends and stand up to aggressors. And Senate Republicans have been working for weeks to ensure that supplemental legislation includes robust… Continue Reading
11.15.23
United Senate Republicans Push To Change Biden’s Disastrous Border Policies
The Biden Administration’s Border Security Failures Are Drawing Record Numbers Of Illegal Aliens From All Over The World, Leaving American Law Enforcement Overwhelmed SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “It is impossible to ignore the crisis at our southern border that’s erupted on Washington Democrats’ watch: Back-to-back record-setting years that saw millions upon millions of illegal arrivals at the border. And historic quantities of fentanyl and other lethal drugs pouring across… Continue Reading
11.08.23
America Has A Border Security Crisis, Not An Immigration Reform Crisis
Senate Republicans Proposed Badly-Needed Border Security Policy Changes To Address The Southern Border Crisis, But Democrat Leaders Dismissed Them And Substituted Talk Of Unrelated Immigration Reform Measures SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “After three straight years of record-shattering overall border apprehensions, the alarming details of the national security crisis unfolding at the southern border on this Administration’s watch are coming into clearer focus. Last fiscal ye… Continue Reading
09.28.23
CR Ensures Steady Funding For Law Enforcement Responding To Biden’s Border Crisis
If Border Agents Aren’t Paid And Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Funding, The Already Difficult Jobs Of CBP, ICE, And DEA Agents Responding To The Crisis On The Southern Border Will Become Nearly Impossible SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “[L]et’s be clear: there are a number of important discussions on additional funding priorities that are still unresolved. Many colleagues are eager to make real progress in bringing the Democrats’ reckless spending to heel; to force the Adminis… Continue Reading
09.19.23
Under Biden, The Border Is Broken And Americans Know It
It’s Obvious That ‘Biden’s Border Policies Aren’t Working’ And The Crisis Is Spreading From Overwhelmed Border Towns To Major Cities, Yet The Biden Administration Keeps Dismantling Policies That Were Working And Refuses To Change Course SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “On the Biden Administration’s watch, America’s southern border has descended into humanitarian disaster. And across the country, Democrats’ open border policies have turned every state into a border state…. [T]he… Continue Reading
05.09.23
Biden’s Failed Border Policies Have Communities And Law Enforcement Bracing For A Surge Of Illegal Aliens As Title 42 Authority Ends
As Title 42 Authority To Expel Illegal Arrivals Expires This Week, 'Border Agents [And] State And Local Officials … Are All Bracing For The Arrival Of Tens Of Thousands Of Migrants,' Fueled By The Biden Administration's Failure To Properly Enforce The Southern U.S. Border Law Enforcement Is Bracing As Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants Are Waiting To Cross The Border Once Title 42 Authority Ends Later This Week, 'As Many As 10,000 Migrants To Cross The Southern Border Each Day'… Continue Reading
03.22.23
As The Border Crisis Worsens, Biden Wants To Cut Funding To Enforce Our Laws
As America's Southern Border Is Gripped By Twin Crises Of Record Numbers Of Illegal Immigrant Crossings And Poisonous Fentanyl Trafficking, President Biden Is Proposing Cutting Funding For The Department Of Homeland Security SEN. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO (R-WV): "[President Biden's budget] cuts the Department of Homeland Security budget, which will be the principal agency that is charged with stopping the flow of not just illegal immigrants, but also the illegal flow of drugs, especially fentany… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Biden’s Irresponsible Budget Triples Down On Tax Hikes, Government Spending, And Debt
Following Two Years Of Out-Of-Control Democrat Spending, Tax Hikes, And Massive Deficits, President Biden Has Submitted A Budget Calling For Even More Taxing, Spending, And Red Ink That Would Balloon The Federal Government While Still Managing To Shortchange Defense And Border Security JOE BIDEN: "My dad used to have an expression: 'Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.'" (Joe Biden, Remarks, 9/15/2008) Senate Republicans: President Biden's … Continue Reading
02.07.23
The Biden Administration Has Failed At Every Level To Alleviate The Chaos On The Southern U.S. Border
59% of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of "the immigration situation at the U.S.-Mexico border." (Washington Post-ABC News Poll, 2/03/2023) U.S. Customs And Border Protection Announced That 251,487 Illegal Immigrants Were Encountered At The Southern Border In December, A Record Number, Highlighting 'The Unprecedented Migrant Crisis Along The Southern Border' "Illegal border crossings during the month of December reached their highest level of the Biden administration, topping 250,00… Continue Reading
02.07.23
America Deserves Better Than The Last Two Years Of Failed Biden Policies
President Biden's Failed Policies Have Left Americans Struggling With The Worst Inflation In Four Decades, Paying Sky-High Grocery And Energy Prices, Bracing For Higher Taxes And More IRS Audits, While Chaos Consumes The Southern Border And Afghanistan American Families' Finances Are Approaching The Breaking Point Under The Cumulative Weight Of Months Of Painful Inflation In Biden's Economy "[A] growing number of Americans say their own financial circumstances are worsening on Biden's watch… Continue Reading
01.24.23
Record Numbers Of Encounters At The Southern Border Show The Biden Administration’s Ongoing Failure To Tackle The Crisis
As Customs And Border Protection Announces Yet Another Record Month Of Illegal Border Crossings On The Southwest U.S. Border, Cities Where Migrants Arrive Are Reaching The Breaking Point, And Americans Are Fed Up SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The Biden Administration has spent two years turning its back on the proven tools and policies that Republicans used to strengthen our southern border. Two years of a functionally open-borders policy from Washington Democrats. And tw… Continue Reading
12.21.22
Because Of Leader McConnell And A Majority Of The Senate Preserving The Filibuster, Partisan Democrat Priorities Were Kept Out Of The Appropriations Bill
A Bipartisan Majority Of The Senate Agreed With The Reasoning Of Leader McConnell And Others About The Fundamental Importance Of The 60-Vote Threshold To The Senate And Its Continued Presence Has Shaped Another Major Piece Of Legislation, Forcing The Majority Party To Negotiate With The Minority Party Leader McConnell: 'The Filibuster Is About More Than What Gets Blocked; It Shapes Almost Everything The Senate Does Pass' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The filibuster is … Continue Reading
09.20.22
Biden’s Border Crisis Breaks Another Record
As Vice President Kamala Harris And Other White House Officials Incredibly Try To Claim 'The Border Is Secure,' CBP Announced That Arrests Of People Entering The Country Illegally Hit A Record High Of 2 Million This Fiscal Year, Breaking Last Year's Record SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Our overwhelmed Customs and Border Protection personnel have already encountered more than two million illegal immigrants and counting this fiscal year. That is a larger group of people than t… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote Again To Allow Chaos On The Southern Border To Continue
Democrats Voted Against Sen. Lankford's Amendment To Transfer Just Some Of The Money From Their Multi-Billion Spending Spree To Title 42 Authority That Allows People Crossing The Border Illegally To Be Quickly Turned Away All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. James Lankford's (R-OK) amendment to shift money to maintain Title 42 authority in order to address the crisis on the southern U.S. border. (S. Amdt. 5384, H.R. 5376, Roll Call Vote #294: Amendment Rejected 50-50: D 0-48; R 50-0; I… Continue Reading
