Congresswoman MTG Delivers Remarks On The Decades of American Involvement in Foreign Wars

Mr. Speaker, since 9-11, over 13.5 million border encounters have occurred at our border. Over 1 million Americans have died from drug overdoses, and CNN reports that the cartels take in $19 to $29 billion annually from drug sales to the United States of America. Since 9-11, the United States has spent $8 trillion on foreign wars and over 7,000 U.S. service members have died defending foreign lands and foreign borders. And now we have sent over $50 billion to Ukraine, and President Biden wants another $37 billion to Ukraine. This will be pushing it to over $90 billion. Yesterday, Democrats voted no on my House resolution to audit Ukraine, and the American people deserve transparency and oversight on where their money is going. I also want to point out that America deserves our borders to be defended. So if we're going to support any war, we should support a war on the cartels that are killing Americans and invading our country. Thank you.