there is bipartisan backlash why didn t you do this in 2021? why didn t you do this in 2022? why don t you do this in 2023? why don t you do this last month or the month before? it is extremely disappointing that this white house would choose to double down on the previous administrations harmful and flawed immigration policies from both sides. now biden says that he is taking action because the republican party refused to act i m moving past republican instruction. usually the executive authority is available me as president to do what i can on my own. to address the border now it has been 118 days since the senate kill the bipartisan border bill that s what he s referring to. a bill that would have been the strictest border legislation in decades. and it was a deal made by one of the most conservative members of congress and democrats. that bill, of course they ll never made it out of the senate. the blocks, because donald trump and republicans
policy changes the biden administration put in. so we re focused as republicans on getting that fixed. and if democrats think it s more important to have an open border than to fund the government, that s their problem. maria: so you re willing to take this to the mat and allow the government show tut down to shut down unless he has some new border legislation? i think we have to, because think that s what the american demand. 8 out of 10 americans know this is a crisis on or our southern border, so we ve got to deal with that. that s, again, why speaker johnson took the largest delegation ever to the border past week. we saw firsthand how serious it was, and we ve heard from everyone, sheriffs, border patrol agents about how bad this problem is, and they want us go to the mat to solve this now. instead of continuing on this pace that ll get us to, as i said, 12 million illegal migrants coming into the if country, being released into the country under the biden presidency. maria: y
maria: and a very warm, happy new year the all. we begin this first sunday morning of the new year kicking off a critical month of january in washington and the start of primary season in this election year. congress returns to work tomorrow morning facing two government funding deadlines to pass a budget for the fiscal year or face a government shutdown within two weeks time. republicans are pushing for a stand-alone bill to secure the southern border while democrats want to attach aid to ukraine as one of the conditions for any new border legislation are as the u.s. national debt surpasses $34 trillion with interest on that debt alone at nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars. or meanwhile, a world way taiwan will hold its presidential election next weekend, on january 13th, amidst the start of the u.s. election season as well. now eight days away from the iowa caucuses happening on january 15 isth. will the chinese communist party