Press Releases

Today, Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) held a press conference with fellow Texas Republican Members on the security and humanitarian crisis on the Southern border. At the press conference, Congressman Arrington called on Speaker Pelosi and Democrats in the House to put politics aside and pass the Senate emergency aid package so it can be sent to the President and signed into law. Joining Congressman Arrington at the press conference were Representatives Kay Granger (TX-12), Kevin Brady (TX-8), Mike Conaway (TX-11), Brian Babin, (TX-36), Pete Olson (TX-22), Roger Williams (TX-25), Louie Gohmert (TX-1), Ron Wright (TX-6), and Michael Cloud (TX-17). “Nobody understands the level of crisis we’re in at the border like Texans. This President has repeatedly reached out in good faith to our Democratic counterparts and Speaker Pelosi pleading her to provide the resources we need to provide humane services and basic care to folks who are detained while being processed in our immigrant courts. If those individuals are found to be here unlawfully without a credible asylum claim, they will be deported back to their home country,” said Arrington. Meanwhile, there is an absolute meltdown going on and the leadership of the Nancy Pelosi-led House is also on meltdown. It should be an easy one for us in terms of how we treat people who are being detained. There should be no question with respect to America’s values and how we do that. We have a crisis with respect to the security of our citizens and we have a crisis with how we treat the folks who are being detained. The latter one should be very straightforward: the Senate proved it was straightforward and passed a bipartisan bill to give the President what he has asked for almost 60 days and that Republicans in the House have presented to the Speaker 18 times.” WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE BELOW: Following the press conference, the House passed the Senate-amended humanitarian aid package on a strong bipartisan basis, 305-102, sending it to the President’s desk for signature.