Where she provided Legal Services for illegal aliens to fight deportation and stay in the country even though they broke our laws and entered america illegally. Now this open borders advocate is supposed to help protect americas cross border crime and illegal immigration that threaten National Security when she clearly has no interest in following the law and doing either of these the appointment is a prime example of the Bidenharris Administration ignorance of the importance of securing the border. Not only is she an open border fanatic, she was behind a nobid contract that the Inspector General criticized as improper. The Biden Administration has closed i. C. E. Down. They do knowing about people entering the country illegally. That has been shown repeatedly. Look at the 151 terrorists that have entered america on biden and mcnultys watch. During her tenure at i. C. E. Instead of protecting our borders, i. C. E. Is acting like a social Service Agencies for illegals. I. C. E. Is partnering that campaign for i. C. E. To be abolished and give aid to illegal aliens and award contracts that strictly prohibits tackling the whereabouts of illegal aliens. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and hold ms. Mcnulty accountable tore for doing her job or not and doing her hole for facilitating the worst border crisis in our nations history. I reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. Mr. Cuellar i claim the time in opposition. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Cuellar i rise in opposition. This particular individual has served at t. H. S. Including as a career official under Republican Democratic straying as. She led the standards for i. C. E. During the Trump Administration and was not fired under the Trump Administration. She also led the development of a 2019 National Detention standards because my colleagues included as a provision in this bill that would require those standards to be applied to all detention. We have a problem with policy, lets debate policy. We ought to be focusing on the making sure that we keep the government open. We can pass these four bills. There is no Senate Conference over there. And not going to take these bills up in the next couple of days. Again, instead of focusing of preventing the sixrepublican led shutdowns since 1995, we ought to be working together. It violates this amendment and bill of retainer clause of the u. S. Constitution and again as the u. S. Supreme court has said in 1946, it is unconstitutional by targeting an individual. I ask members to vote no and yield back. The chair the alyields and the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. Mrs. Boebert ms. Mcnulty only stayed in the Trump Administration as she was quoted to sabotage Border Security efforts. There are many things that we are doing right now to avoid a shutdown. I dont want a shutdown and my colleagues dont want it and we are debating these four bills and debating the amendments to these four bills and i agree with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that we should have done this sooner and not waited until the deadline, but here we are and all in washington, d. C. , working diligently to ensure that the debate is heard on these bills and we have an opportunity to fund these very important aspects of the federal government. I urge adomtion of my amendment adoption of my amendment and i yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. Does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Cuellar i ask for a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. It is in order to consider amendment number 50. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition . Mrs. Boebert i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 50 printed in part b of house report 118216 offered by mrs. Boebert of colorado. The chair the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. Boebert and a member opposed, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from boebert. Mrs. Boebert shoba shiva practice sad. And it is staffed with people that literally want to abolish the u. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arch agency Whose Mission is to protect america from the cross border crime and illegal immigration that threaten. The woman that leads d. H. S. s office for civil rights and Civil Liberties once said that illegal immigrant felons convicted of murder and rape shouldnt be eligible for deportation soley because of their crimes. Let me repeat that. She believes that illegal immigrant felons convicted of murder and rape should not be deported. She has advocated for purging the term illegal immigrant and tried to humanize to allow mass illegal immigration. This bureaucrat has pursued propolicies and helped immigrants that should have been difficult ported. She is enabling and supporting the biden border crisis. Since joe biden took office, more than 6 million aliens have entered america. In august, there were 232, 972 illegal aliens encountered at the southern border and does not include the gotaways that were not. Customs and Border Patrol has seized 20,000 500 pounds of fentanyl so far in 2023, a drug that is killing our children. 20, pounds is what was seized at the border not what is flowing freely. Bidens bureaucrats are allowing fentanyl to flow in. And part of the diversity, and inclusion forcing policy down the throats. These woke policies shouldnt be embedded in our National Security policies. These misguided initiatives need to come to an end. My amendment is supported by the National Immigration center of the american accountability. Hold her accountable for going rogue in an administration that has ignored the rule of law and facilitated the worst border crisis in our nations history. I yield. The chair does the gentlelady reserve . Mrs. Boebert i do. Mr. Cuellar mr. Chair, i claim the time in opposition. This bill ole homeland passed june 21, 2023 and we are in september and taking the bill right now. This bill, homeland passed out on appropriations on june 2 1r, 2023 and here we are, late at night trying to pass a bill where there is they are not even considering this bill and we are not addressing the issue before us. And the issue before us is the last government shutdowns under Republican House majority. The longer shutdown was Republican House and trump in the white house in 2018. Gefn, november 13, 1995, december 15, 1995, dis30, 2015. December 20, 2018, republicancontrolled houses had a shutdown, five of them and i think we are going to have the sixth one because this bill passed on june 21 of 2023 and here we are in the middle of the night. Instead of focusing to make sure we dont have a government shutdown, focusing on a bill that might pass over to the senate but no Conference Committee. What are we going to do at 12 01. If we have a difference in policy, im ready to sit down. I want to make sure we support Border Patrol. I just dont go visit the border. I live there and go to board irpatrol to church and our kids go to school and support our men and women in green. Again, this amendment is unconstitutional when you target salaries. The Supreme Court in the opinion in 1946. The bill of attainer clause of the constitution says you cannot provide punishment without due process. If we have a difference, lets do it. We should have been been doing this on june 22, the day after we passed it. Here we are 9 10 p. M. Eastern time and talking about passing a bill that the senate isnt considering right now. I want to sit down with my good friend from colorado and mr. Joyce. But this isnt the time of taking peoples salaries away. And i urge people to vote no. Mrs. Boebert legislating is beautiful and great to be here debating the real issues that americans are faced in day in and day out. We should have been debating this bill june 22. But here we are and it is our responsibility to pass these appropriation bills, 12 individual appropriation bills in total to the senate. What the senate does is up to them and their chamber. But this is our house and our responsibility to do our part of our job and that is exactly what we are doing tonight. I would like to see our board secured and i look forward to my colleague joining us to support h. R. 2 to secure the border because i can teleis very enthusiastic of accomplishing something rather than throwing money at a problem and processing more agents. I can hear the sincerity in his voice that he wants a secure nation and secure border since he represents a district on the southern border and encounters our brave Border Patrol agents. And my colleague has brought up that you cannot have punishment without a trial. This holman rule is part of our house rules. We are a selfgoverning. The holman rule is here in place to hold unelected bureaucrats accountable. And if you have any qualm with punishment visit our january 6 prisoners in the d. C. Jail. I yield. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado, those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Cuellar i ask for a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 51 printed in house report 118216. Mr. Crow i have mr. Castro i have an amendment at the desk. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. Castro each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro i yield myself 2 1 2 minutes. Ro i yield myself 2 1 2 my amendment would ensure federal Homeland Security appropriations are spent on Border Patrol. Operation lone star unfortunately has been defined by corruption, incompetence and cruelty. Two years ago the governor of my state of texas launched operation lone star, a destructive 4. 5 billion political stunt that has led to a federal civil rights investigation, the tragic deaths of eight National GuardService Members and a formal diplomatic complaint from our nations and texas largest trading partner. Under the guise of Border Security, Governor Greg Abbott embarked on a Unprecedented Campaign of government overreach, seizing private property, destroying livelihoods and turning american border cities and towns into war zones where helicopters buzz overhead and armed troopers pull over american citizens for looking too much like immigrants. At the beginning of the summer, Governor Abbott installed invisible razor wire in the middle of the rio grande and built a thousands foot string of floating death traps separated bier isated blades and secured to the riverbed with a net designed to catch and drown the families who reach it. During the august recess, i went to eagle pass, texas, to see the impact of operation lone star myself. Standing on the banks of the river key see scraps of clothing and shoes stuck in the razor wire mesh Governor Abbotts troops installed on the border. The wire isnt Strong Enough or tall enough to stop anyone desperate enough to cross but sharp enough to leave them bloodied and broken. When families finally make it to the u. S. Soil, operation lone star troopers have been arresting arresting the fathers and sons on trumped up trespassing charges and locking them up for months at a time, some without the ability to reach their families, while busing their wives and children to cities thousands of miles away and other states, including new york, colorado, california, and illinois. Mr. Chair, americans want Border Security. They also want an efficient and orderly immigration process. Operation lone star interferes with that. It hurts the federal governments effort and damages Border Patrols efforts. When democrats were in the majority, we voted for billions in funding for customs and Border Protection and immigrations and Customs Enforcement and fought to rebuild a functioning immigration system. Ill take 30 more seconds, mr. Speaker. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Castro we fought to build a functioning immigration system from what had been left behind by the Trump Administration. But operation lone star isnt Border Security, its just plain out brutality. Theres a difference between treating people like human beings and treating them like animals. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . Mr. Joyce i claim time in opposition. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Joyce thank you, mr. Chair. Texans have every right to defend and secure their borders, particularly at a time the white house abandoned attempted to secure the border. Because of the Biden Administrations failed policy, states along the border, including texas, are seeing their resources being severely depleted. They are overrun, so Governor Abbott did what most responsible, reasonable Public Servants would do and launched operation lone star. The goal of operation lone star is to stop cartels and criminals from smuggling deadly drugs and weapons and people into texas. As last week the multiagency effort resulted in 457, 500 apprehensions and more than 34, 400 criminal arrests with more than 31, 300 felonies reported. In the fight against fentanyl, texas Law Enforcement seized over 429 million lethal doses of fentanyl. Due to the rapid migrant street release in texas, the governor had to deploy additional buses to assist the border communities overwhelmed by the influx of migrants. This is a constantly compounding issue that gets forgotten in the beltway because its out of sight and out of mind. This administration is putting politics over people and completely abandoned these areas along our southwest border. If this was happening in my backward, id want my state to step up, too. I urge my colleagues to vote no and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves and the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Castro i yield 1 1 2 minutes to my good friend from texas, greg caesar. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Caesar we must stop the dangerous, expensive, corrupt and ineffective political stunts at the border and instead chart a new path for a safe, orderly and humane immigration system. Abbotts operation lone star must end and i urge passage of my good friends amendment to ensure federal funding does not go to this failed program. Every day texas Governor Greg Abbott violates the rights of Asylum Seekers and violates the rights of our border communities all to score political points against President Biden. We have seen these inhumane policies in action that have taken the lives of children at the border and weve lost National Guardsmen to death. This is not only inhumane but operation lone star is not effective. Abbott is lighting 25 million on fire every week to cause suffering instead of creating solutions p. Why do my colleagues across across the aisle not want solutions . Because they have no interest in a functioning immigration system and they thrive off keeping the immigration system broken so they can continue to stoke antiimmigrant fierce for their own politics. Operation lone star furthermore is also unconstitutional. In arizona versus the United States, the Supreme Court ruled the federal government, not people like Governor Abbott, have supremacy over the immigration system. Abbotts unconstitutional abusive, wasteful, and inhumane operation lone star is a disgrace to our state and to our nation. I want to be clear, not one cent of federal money should go towards caging families, cutting innocent people with razor wire or drowning children, period. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from texas reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Joyce i thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to yield to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. Pfluger, for as much time as he may consume. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Pfluger thank you. What an opportunity to have texans debating texans. And i hope that every texan from the r. G. V. , from amarillo to beaumont is listening to this debate because the line is clear. Chaos, lawlessness, or law and order . Which is it going to be . And i do agree with my colleague who just said that the constitution clearly says this is a federal issue. I think this is the first thing that weve agreed on. The constitution does say that, article 4, section 4. Joe biden has abdicated his responsibility. Ive got