John Joyce: Threats Of Violence Against ICE Is 'Simply Unacceptable'

In House floor remarks on Monday, Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) spoke about ICE.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Throughout his campaign, President Trump promised to unleash American

00:11energy and to end the era of overregulation. In just seven months, President Trump has already

00:20taken those historic steps to boost domestic energy production, resulting in gas prices

00:27dropping by 50 cents over the past year. In March, President Trump and EPA Administrator

00:35Lee Zeldin undertook the largest day of deregulation in American history, releasing the shackles

00:44placed on our energy producers by President Biden's Green New Deal initiatives. Now my

00:51colleagues and I in the House will take up a strong deregulation package this week that

00:58will further streamline the permitting process for our energy producers throughout the U.S.

01:05It's time that my colleagues and I codify President Trump's deregulation agenda so that our energy

01:12producers can unleash domestic production, lower costs for all American consumers, and further

01:21support our allies abroad on our pathway to energy dominance. Thank you.

01:32Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of our brave Border Patrol and ICE agents who

01:38tirelessly put their lives on the line each day to protect America. With President Trump

01:45back in office, ICE agents can finally do their jobs and enforce the laws that are on the books.

01:52These brave officers are producing historic results at our border and in our communities.

01:59In the first six months of President Trump's term in office, his administration has removed

02:04more than 70,000 convicted criminals, many who are convicted of assault, sexual crimes, kidnapping,

02:13and even homicide. Yet despite their historic work enforcing our nation's laws, our ICE agents are

02:21facing a disgusting string of threats and violence against them and their families, resulting in an 830%

02:29increase in assaults against ICE agents. This string of threats is a result of months of violent rhetoric

02:38coming from the other side of the aisle. Whether in political office or in the media, calling for violence

02:44against law enforcement is simply unacceptable. While a small group of people call for this violence, I know that the

02:53American people, which overwhelmingly supported President Trump's re-election, are proud of our ICE agents as

03:00they work to remove dangerous and often violent criminals from our communities. Thank you.