05.16.22

Hoeven Calls on Biden Administration to Combat Crime, Secure the Southern Border

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today in introducing a resolution calling on the Biden administration to develop a plan to combat the rise in crime and the crisis at the southern border.

“Securing the southern border and ensuring the safety of citizens of the United States is one of the most important responsibilities of the Federal Government,” states the resolution. 

In addition to Hoeven and Cassidy, the resolution was introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.).

Click here for full text of the resolution. 

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