Discussion · House of Representatives
Jodey C. Arrington Republican
“We need to spend sixty-seven billion dollars to keep our military ready. Democrats are complaining about that cost, but their border policies spend nine thousand dollars in taxpayer services on each illegal immigrant. That is more than we spend per person on Medicaid.”
“Mr. Chairman, while my Democratic colleagues are counting the pennies on this defense supplemental, remember, baseline battlefield readiness. That is it, just what they need to do their job. It is actually about $67 billion. Meanwhile, the open-border policies of our Democrat colleagues have flooded our country with millions of illegals. According to NumbersUSA, that is $9,000 per illegal in taxpayer social services, to people who aren’t here legally, aren’t our citizens, and that is more than we spend on our most vulnerable for Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smucker), my dear friend and great vice chairman of the Budget Committee.”
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Mr. Chairman, while my Democratic colleagues are counting the pennies on this defense supplemental, remember, baseline battlefield readiness. That is it, just what they need to do their job. It is actually about $67 billion. Meanwhile, the open-border policies of our Democrat colleagues have flooded our country with millions of illegals. According to NumbersUSA, that is $9,000 per illegal in taxpayer social services, to people who aren’t here legally, aren’t our citizens, and that is more than we spend on our most vulnerable for Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smucker), my dear friend and great vice chairman of the Budget Committee.