Lauren Boebert

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in favor of my amendment, which prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries. The Department of Defense Education Activity services over 66,000 military-connected children in the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle will mischaracterize this amendment as extreme. All the while, the Biden administration has spent the last 2 years promoting radical gender ideology to impressionable young children in K-12 schools throughout our country, including our military schools. Now that is extreme. Speaking as the mother of four boys, enough is enough. I don't send my boys to school to receive indoctrination from the woke mob or to be sexualized by groomers. The same can be said for our servicemembers who are also parents that send their children to DoDEA schools. I will take some time to discuss the books that have been found in DoDEA libraries that contain explicit sexual details not appropriate for children. One book titled, ``All Boys Aren't Blue,'' published in April 2022 is a book included in DoDEA libraries. It is described as a nonfiction ``manifesto'' by George Johnson that includes lines with sexually explicit content. The book describes oral sex, ejaculation, anal sex, pornography, and masturbation. Another book, ``This Book Is Gay,'' also included in DoDEA libraries, discusses the casual hookup site ``Grindr'' and includes detailed information on how to have gay anal sex. This book includes details about sex parties, orgies, and sex toys. Another book, ``Gender Queer,'' by Maia Kobabe, again included in DoDEA libraries, contains explicit imagery of oral sex. ``Middle School Is a Drag'' by Greg Howard, included in DoDEA libraries, is about a 12-year-old boy who starts a talent agency business for child drag queen performers. One of the kids he signs is an 8th-grader named ``Mistress of Madness and Mayhem.'' I see some folks getting uncomfortable in this room right now, and I would agree that this is very uncomfortable, especially for our children in K-12 schools. Another book that is found, ``Some Girls Bind'' by Rory James, included in DoDEA libraries, explores the journey of a character who questions whether she is ``genderqueer.'' The teen binds her breasts every day ``to feel more like herself.'' Chest binding is associated with some medical risks, which can be permanent. ``Julian is a Mermaid,'' found in DoDEA elementary school libraries, describes a boy who wants to become a mermaid. During the book, the boy repeatedly strips down to his underwear. Later he puts on lipstick and dons a headdress. He is then given costume jewelry before being taken to the NYC Mermaid Parade where he can freely express himself. Here is the bottom line: Let's stop grooming our children, including our military kids. It is gross. It is wrong. I am here to take a stand against it, and I urge my colleagues to pass my amendment to protect our military children from obscene content they should not be exposed to. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I would say that allowing these books in our DoDEA schools is what is harmful. Saying that I am characterizing this as pornography, no, I am saying exactly what it is. As a mom, I am not allowed to show my children triple-X-rated videos, nor would I. That is illegal. They have to be 18 to watch this. We have ratings on things. I am simply saying do not allow this in our children's schools. This is something that is harmful. It is grooming our children and indoctrinating them, and I urge adoption of this amendment to put an end to it in our military schools.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in favor of my amendment, which will require the Government Accountability Office to make its report on the findings and conclusions of its study of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's loan-level pricing adjustment revisions publicly available online. My commonsense amendment will provide transparency for the administration to answer to the American people. The latest FHFA fee change could result in thousands of dollars in additional fees for lower risk homeowners over time, while encouraging and rewarding financial irresponsibility. This is a gross overreach and will ultimately contribute to the growing inflation problem we have in this country. Raising housing costs at a time when mortgage rates are at their highest, thanks to the Biden-Pelosi spending spree, will make housing less affordable and will result in higher mortgage costs and reduced access to credit for most borrowers. Joe Biden's agenda of equity over equality defies common sense and will endanger the stability of the housing market. The Republican majority is fighting tooth and nail to protect middle-class home buyers from Joe Biden's new socialist tax, which puts homeownership out of reach for the middle-class American. Borrowers with excellent credit should not be punished for doing right and be forced to bear more financial burdens due to the fiscal irresponsibility of others. Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have the ability to impose these un-American regulations on hardworking middle-class families. I am glad this bill puts an end to business as usual here in the swamp. I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Davidson) for his leadership to block Joe Biden's new socialist tax to force middle-class borrowers to subsidize risky loans. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my amendment, as well as the underlying bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my impeachment bill that will hold Joe Biden accountable for the dereliction of one of his most basic duties and allowing an invasion to take place across our southern border that has compromised the safety and security of the American people. With the passage of House Resolution 529 today, the House is taking historic action. For the first time in 24 years, a House Republican-led majority is moving forward with impeachment proceedings against a current President. This bill allows impeachment proceedings to proceed through the traditional institutional channels by building a body of evidence at the committee level through the Committees on Homeland Security and the Judiciary. They will report out impeachment based on the evidence, and then the House adopting a resolution, so that when a trial occurs in the Senate there is an existing evidentiary record to rely upon when holding President Joe Biden accountable. Since his first day in office, President Biden has trampled on the Constitution through his dereliction of duty under Article II to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Instead of enforcing our immigration laws, he has lawlessly ignored them and released more than 2 million illegal aliens into the interior of the United States without any enforcement mechanism to ensure that they appear in immigration court. His actions and open borders agenda demonstrate that he has no intention of enforcing our current immigration and border security statutes on the books. Rather, he is deliberately making a mockery of the rule of law. By ignoring congressionally enacted statutes, Joe Biden is threatening our constitutional Republic's sacred separation of powers. The National Border Patrol Union even noted that the leadership of the Biden administration are ``straight up liars.'' They even said, ``We'd say they should be ashamed, but that implies they have a conscience.'' This is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. Joe Biden's lawless disregard for our Federal laws have incentivized more than 5.5 million illegal aliens to attempt to cross the border, overwhelming Border Patrol, and allowing an invasion to take place that is causing real harm to the American people. The Biden border crisis and massive wave of illegal immigration has fueled a record-breaking fentanyl crisis. Since President Biden has taken office, over 100,000 Americans have died from fentanyl, including 1,800 Coloradans. Under his failed leadership, Border Patrol agents have encountered over 42,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border. That is just what they have encountered. In addition to smuggling fentanyl, the National Border Patrol Union has noted that ``the billions of dollars that Biden's policies make for them'' support a criminal enterprise of ``rape, murder, torture, child sex trafficking, and kidnapping.'' That is enough fentanyl to kill every American 28 times over. Innocent children are dying from fentanyl overdoses, and the devastation this deadly drug is causing to families and communities cannot be overstated. President Biden's decision to cede operational control of the southern border to criminal cartels has endangered our national security. In just the first few months of fiscal year 2023, Border Patrol has already caught 125 people on the terrorist watch list trying to sneak into our country. President Biden's lawlessness is threatening the very fabric of our constitutional system. Under the Founder's carefully crafted plan, Congress has the legislative power to pass the laws, and the President has the executive power to enforce the laws. The President does not have the power to arbitrarily overturn laws or to refuse to enforce the ones he philosophically opposes. Rather, he is under a strict duty to take care that the laws of the United States are enforced. If a law is to be modified or overturned, only Congress has such power, not a rogue President taking unconstitutional, unilateral action. By nullifying our immigration and border security laws through a systematic lack of enforcement, President Biden has not only threatened the lives of countless Americans with his fentanyl crisis and increased crime, he has threatened the very foundation of our separation of powers. When a President tramples on the Constitution and ignores the laws on the books, it is Congress' solemn duty to restore our constitutional balance through articles of impeachment. Congress' power of impeachment was meant as the ultimate check and balance on the President. The Founders hardwired this important accountability mechanism into our Constitution for such a time as this. To stand with the forgotten men and women across America who are suffering from Biden's record- breaking fentanyl crisis, to take action to secure the border, and to protect our constitutional separation of powers every Member should vote to hold President Joe Biden accountable.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, Anna Paulina Luna, for leading on this very important issue. Adam Schiff is a complete disgrace to our Nation and to our Constitution. He put the American people through 4 years of an endless impeachment hoax that he knew from the beginning was a lie. He represents the worst of permanent Washington, using his position of trust to lie to the American people. He received intelligence briefings that other Members and the public did not have access to. He used this position of trust to lie and to advance his own partisan agenda. Schiff's disgraceful time in Congress has destroyed Americans' faith in our institutions. Today, I am proud to stand with my colleague and friend from Florida, Anna Paulina Luna, to try to undo some of the damage that Adam Schiff has done by finally holding this crook accountable. Today, we are saying that enough is enough by censuring him and referring him to the Ethics Committee. He told the American people that he had proof that the Trump campaign asked the Russians for help in a conspiracy. That was a lie. He claimed that he was not working with anonymous informants during the impeachment hoax. That was a lie. Everyone with common sense knew that Adam Schiff was lying all along, including the Director of Intelligence, Obama's former Attorney General, the FBI deputy director, and more. However, Adam Schiff doubled down on his big lie claiming he had a smoking gun proof of a conspiracy, but the only conspiracy going on was his conspiracy to defraud the American people by taking down their duly elected President.

Mrs. BOEBERT. When Adam Schiff got caught lying, he did what all liars do and tried to cover the truth even more. He even used his taxpayer-funded staff to ask Twitter to censor journalists fact- checking his lies, but Adam Schiff won't get out of this one by calling in a favor. Today, we are holding him accountable and censuring him for his lies to the American people. In order to restore the trustworthiness of the House of Representatives, every Member should vote to censure Adam Schiff so that we can speak with one voice to assure the American people that these lies will not be tolerated. Mr. Speaker, I urge every one of my colleagues with good and decent intention to vote for this resolution. If Adam Schiff has a shred of human decency left, he would resign from Congress in disgrace. His tombstone should read of his failed career in Congress and should be one word: liar.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 503, impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I: Abuse of Power The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall have the sole power of impeachment'' and that the President of the United States ``shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of the office of the President of the United States, in that: Using the powers of his office, President Biden has knowingly presided over an executive branch that has continuously, overtly, and consistently violated Federal immigration law by pursuing an aggressive, open-borders agenda by purposefully and knowingly releasing more than 2 million illegal aliens into the interior of the United States without the intention or ability to ensure that they appear in immigration court to face asylum or deportation proceedings. President Biden has intentionally facilitated a complete and total invasion at the southern border. President Biden ended the Migrant Protection Protocols to require aliens seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while being processed by the Department of Homeland Security. President Biden has closed Department of Homeland Security detention facilities and refused to cooperate with State and local law enforcement officials in securing the border. He has allowed illegal aliens to enter the United States as asylum seekers despite knowing they did not qualify for asylum. President Biden has pursued this open- border agenda purposefully and willfully, circumventing every safeguard, check, and balance required by law, resulting in mass illegal immigration into the United States, to the detriment of the American people. President Biden, with such conduct, has demonstrated a failure to uphold Federal immigration law, violating his oath to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the rule of law and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. Article II: Dereliction of duty The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall have the sole power of impeachment'' and that the President of the United States ``shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the President of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has neglected the constitutional duty of the office of the President of the United States, in that: Neglecting the powers of his office, President Biden has abandoned his duties to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed and upheld, by presiding over an executive branch that has continually, overtly, and consistently refused to enforce the Nation's immigration laws and secure the southern border. President Biden has endangered the security of the United States and the health and safety of the American people. President Biden has caused a national security crisis and is endangering the lives of the American people. President Biden has presided over the largest influx of illegal immigrants in American history, and as evidence of his dereliction, the deportation cases pursued by his administration are at historic lows. President Biden's negligence of duty has resulted in the surrender of operational control of the border to the complete and total control of foreign, criminal cartels, putting the lives of American citizens in jeopardy. On President Biden's watch, illegal aliens have been processed and released into the interior of the country under a mass system of parole, contrary to the clear terms of Federal immigration law. Utilizing the ``CBP ONE'' program, the executive branch will release nearly 40,000 illegal aliens per month into the United States. He has failed to uphold the mandatory detention and deportation provisions of immigration laws, resulting in the mass entry of inadmissible aliens and the continued presence of deportable aliens. Through this complete and total dereliction of duty and extreme absence in oversight of his own administration's policies, President Biden has allowed more than 1.5 million illegal immigrants to invade the southern border. On Joe Biden's watch, illicit fentanyl has killed more than 100,000 American citizens. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized more than 9,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border. In his failure to uphold the rule of law, President Biden has demonstrated that he will neglect his duty to execute the office to which he has been entrusted, violating his oath to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his constitutional duty to take care that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed. Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in favor of amendment No. 1 as it revises the Comptroller General's congressional review report to include an estimate of the effect on inflation. Without my amendment, the real-life consequences of Joe Biden's spending spree in the White House will not be taken into account by Congress as they perform their Article I duties. This will provide transparency for the administration to answer to the people's House. The GOP majority has been empowered to hold the Biden administration accountable and demand transparency by revealing just how much Biden's executive orders are costing American families and small businesses. Coloradans are struggling right now as they deal with the disastrous effects of Joe Biden's destructive economic policies. The policies passed last Congress unleashed record inflation on Americans, which has decimated our bank and retirement accounts, increased gas prices to record levels, raised utility bills, drove up grocery costs, and made it harder for Americans to live their lives as they intended. This excessive spending has real consequences. American families will pay an $8,581 inflation tax over the next year. Currently, 20 million Americans cannot pay their electric bill. We have seen a 4.3 percent decline in real wages since Biden took office. Americans have lost more than $2 trillion in retirement savings. Americans are paying more for everything because of leftwing extremist policies. My amendment will allow House Republicans to conduct important oversight over these expensive executive regulations to ensure Joe Biden cannot continue to issue rules that send America into a deeper inflation crisis. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my amendment as well as the underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I think it is perfectly reasonable to have a report that looks into the spending that has been taking place for the past 2 years and beyond. This inflation is impacting millions of Americans across our Nation. As I stated, American families will pay $8,581 in an inflation tax. We should be looking into the impacts of the spending that is taking place in Washington, D.C. Even if it is an estimate, we need to have an idea of how this is impacting families and why we currently have 20 million families that cannot afford their utility bills and why we have seen this 4.3 percent decline in real wages since Biden took office. I would like to see that report. Mr. Chairman, again, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on amendment No. 1. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in favor of my amendment, which will require the Comptroller General to publish the GAO study of rules on its website. My simple, straightforward amendment ensures that the American people will be better informed of the regulations unelected bureaucrats are imposing on them, costing as much as $2 trillion in compliance costs and economic losses. During the first year of this administration, the Biden White House added more than $200 billion in new regulatory costs. Without my amendment, the real-life consequences of Joe Biden's leftwing agenda will not be seen by those impacted most. This will provide transparency for the administration to answer to the American people. While the Federal Government continues to spend trillions of dollars it doesn't have, inflation has hit a 40-year high. Everything we buy, including food, gasoline, and so much more, costs more. Instead of addressing these major economic concerns head-on, the Democrats' solution is to keep imposing unnecessary regulations and spending money we do not have. The GOP majority has been empowered to hold this administration accountable and demand transparency by revealing just how much these regulations are costing American families and small businesses. Unnecessary government regulations and excessive red tape impose crushing economic burdens on the people in my district and across our great country. Since Joe Biden took office, his administration and unchecked bureaucrats are going full steam ahead on enacting a radical leftwing agenda throughout unilateral executive action. House Republicans should be working to cut wasteful spending, get to the bottom of fraudulent payments made by the Federal Government, support American energy production, and oppose tax increases proposed by the Democrats. Economic strength and job growth result from policies that unshackle job creators, allow American ingenuity, and provide certainty. My amendment ensures the legislative branch, and the American people can provide proper oversight and no longer allow this administration to go unchecked. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my amendment as well as the underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I rise in favor of my amendment, which will require the Comptroller General's Congressional Review Report to be made available to the congressional committees of jurisdiction. This simple, good-governance amendment allows Congress to take back its Article I authority in our system of checks and balances. This will provide transparency for the administration to carry out its congressionally authorized duty. By requiring the administration to submit its plan to the people's House, we can provide important oversight and provide feedback. It is time for the legislative branch to actually do its job rather than ceding all the power to the White House and bureaucrats. Our Founders were determined to create a government whose branches work together. By requiring the Comptroller General to submit the Congressional Review Report to the congressional committees of jurisdiction of the rule, we will allow Members who know these issues best to examine the real-life impacts of these executive regulations. Congress needs to take back its power and advocate for the American people we represent. My amendment will ensure these voices do not go unheard. Hold this administration accountable and ensure Biden's streak of unchecked power comes to an end. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of these amendments as well as the underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have remaining.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in favor of my amendment which will prohibit the administration from unilaterally implementing extremely costly regulations that would result in the unavailability in the United States of a type or class of product based on the type of fuel the product consumes. My amendment ensures that the Consumer Product Safety Commission focuses on actual hazards with design rather than targeting fuel sources. We have a crisis at our southern border. Americans are worried about being able to provide for their families and not pay $10 for a bag of grapes. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is focused on controlling the kind of stove Americans use in their homes. Mr. Chair, 100 percent of the currently available freestanding gas stoves and 96 percent of gas cooktops will not meet the new standards proposed by the Biden administration's Department of Energy. The Department of Energy estimates savings would average $1.50 per year. Mr. Chairman, do you know how much a gas stove that is compliant under this proposed rule would cost on average? Installation costs are anywhere between $3,600 on the high end to $2,000 on the low end. Adding that to the cost of the stove puts you out another $3,000 to $4,000, at least. Saying it will save consumers money is a flat-out lie. Forcing people to switch to expensive alternatives will only further increase costs for hardworking families in my district and across America. This reminds me a lot of when Mayor Pete said that if you can't afford the price of gas due to the administration's anti-American energy policies, then Americans should just shell out $40,000 to $55,000 for a new electric vehicle. This administration has proven to be completely out of touch. Never mind the fact that Biden has also targeted dishwashers, refrigerators, water heaters, furnaces, and air conditioners. On top of families paying more for everyday costs due to Bidenflation, it is clear this administration has prioritized pandering to Green New Deal extremists rather than saving American families' hard-earned money. I do thank my colleague, Representative Kelly Armstrong, for his leadership to ensure the CPSC cannot abuse Federal funds to regulate gas stoves. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment as well as the underlying bill.

Mrs. BOEBERT. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, what makes no sense is the speech that we just heard regarding this amendment. There is so much of that that I cannot even fathom to put together. I am hearing a lot about hazards from gas stoves that would cause harm for our children. I have four children. We have always had a gas stove, and they are doing pretty well. I can see that the gentlewoman from Illinois has made it pretty long in her lifetime with the so-called dangers of gas products here in America. Mr. Chairman, let me tell you what really is hazardous. What really is dangerous is the Green New Deal extremism that comes from the left because they want to suppress our good, clean energy right here in the United States of America that is cheap, that is reliable, and it is actually something that is affordable for Americans right now, unlike everything else because of the inflation that we are seeing from this administration. What is hazardous and what is really dangerous are the tens of thousands of children who are mining for cobalt in Chinese-owned mines in the Congo with their bare hands. That is what is dangerous, and that is what this Green New Deal extremist policy encourages and pushes. I have voted on so many bills for the Uighurs that are suppressed by the Chinese, but we never talk about the slave labor that takes place to produce the energy that the other side is trying to force on Americans with their overreach of government policy. That is what is dangerous. An open border with fentanyl pouring over, that is dangerous. Families not being able to afford to feed their family, that is dangerous. Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of this bill that makes so much more sense than the speech that we just heard from the other side of the aisle. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. BOEBERT

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise in favor of my amendment, which will require the Department of Homeland Security to create an annual report on the number of illegal aliens who have been deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer. This report will be made available to Congress and to the public on the DHS website. My amendment will promote accountability and transparency for the removal of these criminal aliens. The complete and total invasion taking place at our southern border has made America less safe. Biden's border crisis has opened the door to human traffickers, gang members, and other dangerous criminals who enter our country with malicious intent, threatening the safety of our citizens and the police officers who serve as our first line of defense against crime. Earlier this year, a female Border Patrol agent was violently attacked by a male alien while attempting to make an arrest. Last year, two law enforcement officers were injured by an illegal alien when responding to a disturbance in New York. One officer suffered a concussion and the other had a broken hand. We cannot allow these criminals to run rampant in our communities. The American people have the right to know if illegal aliens are attacking law enforcement officers and to what extent. That is why my amendment requires DHS to be accountable and transparent about the removal of these criminals. Rather than wasting time on the Democrats' agenda to keep our southern border wide open and defund the police, House Republicans are proud to back the blue, especially this week on National Police Week as we recognize these brave men and women throughout our country for their service. We, as Republicans, have proposed policy solutions to put an end to Biden's border crisis. Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague, Representative Andrew Garbarino, for his leadership to ensure that we can hold these illegal criminal aliens accountable for violence against law enforcement officers with H.R. 2494. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my amendment, as well as the underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.