During debate on the House floor, Rep.Chip Roy (R-TX) spoke in support of a package of GOP-backed bills, and touted President Trump's first 100 days in office.
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00:00On the legislation that is before us, I know that my colleagues on the other side of the
00:06aisle are no doubt about to launch into how we've had an ineffective first 100 days and
00:12Congress is not doing anything.
00:15Well, let me put in perspective for the American people what we're focusing on.
00:20We're focusing on undoing the damage of the last four years of the Biden administration.
00:26The president is doing that on a daily basis in the White House today.
00:30And then we in Congress are using the powers that we have before us in a obvious narrow
00:36majority and in a narrow majority in the Senate where you have to get through things through
00:40the Senate with 60 votes.
00:42We're using the tools in front of us to try to limit and minimize the damage caused by
00:49the previous administration and frankly our colleagues on the other side of the aisle today.
00:54You know, notably, we're talking about in this situation what we have done so far.
00:59We have passed legislation to secure our elections, H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, to guarantee that only
01:05citizens vote, American citizens vote in American elections, to hold rogue judges accountable for
01:13issuing nationwide injunctions and try to change the process, which by the way is not partisan.
01:18Elena Kagan talked about the need for injunction relief.
01:22The Democrat Solicitor General under the previous administration talked about the need for injunction
01:27reform.
01:29And so we offer legislation that would change and reform injunctions.
01:33We passed that before Easter so you can't have a single judge legislating and making national
01:37policy by temporary restraining order injunction.
01:41We've made changes on border policy with the Lake and Riley Act, which is extremely important,
01:47and legislation to combat the flow of fentanyl.
01:50But importantly, what we've been trying to do is undo the damage on the border.
01:57Now keep in mind what has happened now over the first 100 days.
02:01In just 100 days, Southwest border apprehensions have decreased by 94% year over year.
02:10I want everybody to consider that for a second.
02:1494%.
02:15Now what changed?
02:18Have we passed a massive law?
02:21Have we enacted the law that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle last year said
02:25was necessary, this bipartisan bill, which by the way would have codified all of the bad
02:28policies under the Biden administration?
02:30No.
02:31The only thing that changed was a White House willing to enforce the law.
02:36That's it.
02:37Literally.
02:38And now you have a 94% reduction in the apprehensions at the border, 94% reduction.
02:45And keep in mind, we are now at levels of somewhere around 100 to 200 a day, 3,000 to
02:536,000 a month.
02:55We had 6,000, 8,000, 10,000 a day apprehensions under the Biden administration.
03:01The president has restored common sense, ending DEI and the military and working to keep
03:09men from competing in women's sports, affirming that there are two genders.
03:13These are common sense.
03:14You wouldn't think we'd have to spend time on the floor of the House of Representatives
03:16doing those things or having the president do it by executive order.
03:20But here we are.
03:21Energy.
03:22The president has unlocked Americans' energy potential, or at least taken a giant step to
03:25do so.
03:27Reopening 625 million acres for drilling, withdrawing from the disastrous Paris Climate Agreement,
03:34approving new LNG projects.
03:37And here before us today, we have what we call CRAs under the Congressional Review Act.
03:45And the purpose of these is to undo burdensome Biden regulations.
03:52This is our ability and our prerogative to hold the Biden administration accountable.
03:58And that doesn't stop just because the Democrats lost an election and we have a Republican in
04:02the White House.
04:03We have a duty to undo some of that damage.
04:08Under these bills, we would repeal California's Advanced Clean Trucks waiver, which currently
04:12would allow the state to mandate the sale of zero-emission trucks.
04:18Mandate the sale of zero-emission trucks.
04:21Repeal the California's Advanced Clean Cars waiver, allowing the state to ban the sale of
04:26gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
04:29Provide an end to California's implementation of its most recent nitrogen oxide engine emission
04:35standards, which create burdensome and unworkable standards for heavy-duty on-road engines.
04:40Nullify a rule by the National Parks that would infringe on the employment of a recreational
04:44area, contravening the agency's own mandate when it was created.
04:48And finally, one that will end an Endangered Species Act designation by the Fish and Wildlife Service
04:52that would threaten water resources and other conservation efforts.
04:56Now, these things matter to the average American.
04:59My colleagues are going to say, oh, this is small ball.
05:01It doesn't matter.
05:02Every one of these regulations add up to interference with the enjoyment of life by the American
05:09people, drive up the price of the goods and services for the average hardworking American
05:13family, make vehicles more expensive, make our lives more costly, and then you wonder why
05:19you're suffering from inflation.
05:20You're suffering from the inability to afford to live in the modern world.
05:25So this Congress is taking steps to undo that damage, working with the White House to restore
05:32the ability of the average American family to live and afford the basic necessities of
05:38life, including vehicles, and the right to be able to choose in an open market the vehicle
05:43of their choice.
05:44Now, again, I know my colleagues are going to say, well, we're infringing on California.
05:48But let's remember that California gets treated specially and uniquely, and that that then has
05:53a domino effect through the rest of the country.
05:56And that is unique to California, based on past presidents involving Los Angeles smog and
06:01other things where that is causing a direct impact on other states across the country.
06:07So with that, I will reserve the balance of my time.