Representative Van Duyne Tells Newsmax: Democrats Are Not Taking Border Issues Seriously

If Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were serious about border security, he would bring border bill H.R.2 down for a vote, Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Monday.

Speaking to “The Chris Salcedo Show,” congresswoman Van Duyne proclaimed she would be standing by her Republican colleagues and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in support of the “provisions” that were in the “Secure the Border Act of 2023.”

Meanwhile, over the weekend, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled the 30-page “Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act.”

Reports indicate that the bill sits as a watered-down version of the $100+ billion Senate bill, which Johnson called “dead on arrival,” which included more foreign aid to countries such as Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The new $60 billion bill in the House, which is also being touted as a border bill, would still tie foreign aid to countries such as Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

“We have a national security issue at our border right now,” Van Duyne says. “And it seems to be aided by the Biden policies.”

“So, yes, I am standing by Speaker Johnson and saying that we have got to prioritize and push for H.R.2 … We sent it over to the Senate back in May. If they were serious about it, they would already have picked it up … I would certainly hope that the fact that we got H.R.2 sent over, I think, sends a strong message, and I would hope that my colleagues, as well as my Democrat colleagues, would want to support the provisions that were in that bill.”

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