WASHINGTON – On Sunday, Missouri U.S. Senators Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt and Kansas. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall joined 12 of their Senate GOP colleagues in sending a letter to Conference Chair John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.) requesting a meeting of the Conference the week of January 8, 2024 to discuss the negotiations with President Biden and Senate Democrats regarding border security.
On social media Schmitt wrote, "Rushed and secret negotiations with Democrats who want an open border and who caused the current crisis will not secure the border. The American public deserves an open and transparent process which cannot occur until the House returns the week of January 8, 2024."
Marshall wrote, "We have 300 Americans dying every single day from fentanyl poisoning, hundreds of terrorists trying to exploit our borders, & millions of ‘gotaways’ here in our communities nationwide."
"Americans deserve a transparent process with REAL, thoughtful solutions - not closed-door rushed negotiations from the same individuals whose policies created the crisis in the first place."
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Senator Hawley and Marshall were joined on this letter by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho.), Ron Johnson (R-WI.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).