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handling of the border and pushed back on the president's handling of the economic agenda and foreign policy. sen. britt: good evening, america. my name is katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the alabama in the united states senate. however, that's not the job that matters most. i a proud wife and mom of two am school-aged kids. ennett, and my son, ridgeway, are why i ran for the senate. i am worried about their future - and the future of children in every corner of our nation. that's why i invited you into our home tonight. tonight. like so many families across america, my husband wesley and i

just watched president bi' state of the union address, and what we saw was the performance of the politician that has been an offense since before i was alive. one thing was quite clear ago. president biden just does not gett. he is out of touch. under his administration families are worse off, our communities are less se, our country is less secure. i just wish he understood what real families are facing around kitchen tables just like this one. this is where our family has tough conversations. it is where we make our it is where we share the good, the bed, and the ugly about our bad days, it is will be left together and hold each hands and pray for god's guidance, and many nights to be

honest, it is where wesley and i worry. i know we are not alone, and so tonight the american family needs to have a tough conversation, because of truth is we are all worried about the future of our nation. the country we know and love seems to be slipping away,next n will have fewer opportunities and less freedoms than we did. i worry i own children may not even a shot at living there american dreams. that american dream allowed me, thdaught■x of two small enterprise from rural alabama to be elected to the united states senate at the age of 40. growing floor at my dad's hardware store and cleaned the bathroom at my mom's 've imagined what my story would entail, to think about with the american

dream can do across just one generation in one fetime it is truly breathtaking, but right now the american dream is turned into a nightmare for so many families. the union begins and ends with this, our families are■lour coud they do not have to look any further thanto see it. president border of all-time, minutes after taking office he suspended all deportations. rder wall, and he announced a plan to give amnesty to million

. we know that president biden did not just create this border crisis. he invited it with 94 executive actions in his first 100 days. when i took office, i took a different approach. i traveled to the del rio sector of texas. that is where i spoke to a wom who shared her story with me. she had been sex trafficked by the cartel starting at the age of 12. she told me not just that she was raped every day, but how many times a day she was raped. cartels put her on a mattress in a shoebox of a room, and they sent and through that over again for h ours and hours on end.

we would not be ok with this happening in a third world country. this is the united states of america, and it is past time in my opinion that we start acting like it. presiden's border policies are a disgrace. this crisis is the truth is it is almost entirely preventable. from sentinel -- fentanyl poisonings to horrific murders, there are emptyike this one because of president biden's senseless border policies. just think about lincoln riley in my neighboring state of

georgia, this beautiful 22-year-old nursing student went she never got the opportunity to return home. she was brutally murdered by one of the millions of illegal borderers president biden chose to release into our homeland. as a mom, i cannot quit thinking about this. this could have been my daughter . ■thould have been yours, and tonight president biden finally said her n, but he refused to take responsibility for his own actions. mr. president, enough is enough. innocent americans are dying, and you only have yourself to

reverser policies, and its crisis, and stop the suffering. sadly, we know that president biden's failures do not stop there. spending doug our economy into a hole and sent the cost of living through the roofn 40 years in the highest credit card debt and our onhistory. with soaring mortgage costs thee also struggling to have a plan for tomorrow. the american people are scraping by well president biden probably

proclaims bidenomics is working. bless hisi will never forget stt a gas station one evening, the gentleman working the counter told me that after retiring she had to pick up a job in his 70's so cute did not have to choose between going hungry going without his medication. do. said i did everything i saved, i was responsible. i care similar concerns from parents whether i am walking with my friends or i am at my kids' games. but let's be honest, it's been a minute since joe biden pumped pushed a grocery cart.

meanwhile, the rest of us see our dollar and we know it does not go as far. we see it every day. d our communities are not safer. for years, the left has coddled criminals and defunded thenders. the result is tragic but foreseeable. fromcity streets, life is getting more and more dangerous. and unfortunately, pde biden's weakness is not just hurting families here at home. he is making us a punchline on the world stage. look, where i am from, your word is your bond.wj

■9has demonstrated that america's word does not mean what it used to. from abandoning our allies in his disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan to desperately pushing another dangerous deal with iran.■ president biden has failed.trea. and the enemies of freedom, they see an opportunity. putin's brutal aggression in europe has put our allies on the brink's terrorist proxies have slaughtered israeli, jews, and american citizens. they have targeted commercial shipping and they have attacked our troops nearly 200 times since october, killing three

meanwhile, the chinese communist party ug uering erica's workers. china is buying up our farmland, spying on our military installations, and spreading propaganda through the likes of tiktok. you see, the ccp knows that if it conquers the minds of our0 next generation, it conquers america. and what does president biden do? well, he bans tiktok for government employees, but creates an accou for h o y'all, you cannot make this stuff up. look, we all recall when presidents face national security threats with strength and resolve.

that seems like ancient history. gh commander-in-chief is not in command. the free world deserves bettera. america deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets, and a strong defense are actually the cornerstones of a great. just ask yourself, are you better off now than you were three years ago? there is no doubt we are at a to be this way. we all feel it. but here's the good news.

we, the people, are still in the driver seat. we get to decide w future will grow brighter or whether we will settle for an america in decline. well, i know which choice our and i know the choice the republican party is fighting for. parents and families, and we want to give you and your dren opp to thrive and we want families to grow. it's why we strongly support continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization.we want d dads bring precious life into this world. wesley and i believe there is no greater blessing in life than our childr

and that's why tonight, i want to make a direct appeal to the parents out there. and in moms, many of whom i know will be up tossing and turning atinge going to be in three places at once, and then somehow still get dinner on the table. first of all, we see you, we hear you. and we sta i know you are frustrated. i know you are probably disgusted by most of what you e est with you, you are not wrong for feeling that way. look, i get it, the task in but i can promise you one thing, it is worth it. so i am asking you, for the sake

of your kids and your grandkids, get into the arena. every generaon to do hard things. american greatness rests in the fact that we always answer that it is who we are. never forget, we are steeped in the blood of patriots who overthrew the most powerful empire in the world. we walk in the footsteps of pioneers who tamed the wild. we now carry forward the same flame of freedom as the liberators of an oppressed europe. we continue to draw courage from those who bent the moral arc of the universe. and when we gaze upon the heavens, never forget that our

dna contains the same ingenuity that put man on the moon. er and every single time, we have emge our history has been written with the grit of men and women goocked down, but we know their stories because they did not stay down. back up. so now, it is our turn, our moment to stand up and prove ourselves worthy of protecting the american dream. heroic spirit of a great nation.

because america, we don't just have a rendezvous with destiny, we take destiny's hand and lead it. our future starts around kitchen tables just like this, with moms and dads just like you. and you are why i believe with every fiber of my being that despite the current state of our union, our best days are still ahead. may god bless you and may god continue to bless these united states of america. delivered by alabama senator katy britts on c-span here in cspan2 we are getting reaction from lawmakers who are i