WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) highlighted the hypocrisy of the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state of Texas and Governor Abbott given President Biden and Border Czar and Vice President Harris’ abdication of their responsibility to address the humanitarian and public safety crisis they created. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.

“The administration filed suit over what it called ‘humanitarian concerns,’ which is more than a little ironic.”

 “I’ve talked previously about the 300,000 children, unaccompanied children, who’ve been placed with sponsors in the interior of the United States by the Biden administration during the last two-and-a-half years, and the fact that the administration has lost track of at least 85,000 of those 300,000 children.”

“[Vice President Harris] can’t be bothered to actually go to the border and find out what’s happening there on her own.”

“Vice President Harris simply hasn’t bothered to learn, yet she has the audacity to criticize Governor Abbott for doing what he has to do because of the failure of the Biden administration to do its job.”

“The hypocrisy of the Biden administration complaining about the state trying to do its best to deal with a vacuum when it comes to federal responsibility is absolutely ridiculous.”

“If the President is unhappy with the actions Texas has taken, there is a clear solution: do your job.”

“Until then, Governor Abbott has every right to use the powers available to him to keep our state safe, to protect our citizens.”