WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.510 Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized. I might have an unique perspective here. Um unlike the Democrats, I support this 00:00:08.520 --> 00:00:17.030 bill, I support the um underlying purpose of it, but I'm interested in this amendment. I was very interested 00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:26.590 when Mr. McClintock reserved a point of order. I thought maybe we would debate whether this is the right place to have the debate on whether you need a warrant 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:35.150 to enter into a residence. This debate does belong on an authorization of DHS bill. The problem is we haven't done 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:43.310 that. We're not doing that. We haven't done that in a long, long time. And we should That's where this debate belongs. 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:52.150 There will There would be an opportunity to have this debate on the spending bill, which is stalled right now, the the DHS spending bill. I think that 00:00:52.160 --> 00:01:03.270 would be a good place to put it, a limitation amendment that says none of the funds hereby appropriated shall be used to enter a residence without a judicial warrant. We can sort of Any one 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:11.350 of us could write that amendment right here now. The problem is we've had so many closed rules uh from our Rules Committee 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:20.990 that I don't think they're going to allow us to have that debate there, either. So, it turns out this is the place to have the debate. And um 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:30.630 and you know, my party didn't raise a point of order, so let's have the debate. Anticipating this debate, I asked Secretary Noem yesterday what her 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:38.950 opinion was on judicial warrants versus administrative warrants when you enter into a residence. And 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:49.270 I I believe she tried to assuage my concerns. I did She said that out of the thousands of arrests and incidents, this was only 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:57.590 an issue in 28 of the arrests. Now, if I'd had more time, I would have asked two questions. Well, why even try those 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:05.710 28 arrests? Or number two, could you have completed 26 of those arrests if you'd gotten a judicial warrant? Or 00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:15.670 maybe all of them. Was Was that an impediment in those in that very small number of cases that she claims that this is actually a debate. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:23.790 So, with, you know, keeping in mind what Secretary Noem said, which is this is a very rare occurrence, 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:32.030 I actually don't think this amendment is a poison pill. This is another test that I apply before I vote for an amendment that 00:02:32.040 --> 00:02:41.030 I'm sorry to the members of the other side of the aisle. I'll have to kind of look a little bit with a little bit of scrutiny when you offer amendments to make sure these are not poison pill 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:49.270 amendments because, like I said, I under I support the underlying bill. I feel like a few of these earlier amendments 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:57.510 that say, "Well, except in cases where you violate the Constitution." I understand that's just kind of a dilatory amendment that doesn't mean 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:07.790 much, but in this case, I think you have a real amendment. Uh I think this might be the only place we can have the debate, unfortunately, because everything's so closed. I've been 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:17.270 assured by Secretary Noem this is just a very minor issue that Republicans shouldn't be concerned about. And so, um 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:27.550 I'm going to support the amendment. And and because this is about the Fourth Amendment, and do you need a warrant to enter not some 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:36.390 squatter's encampment of illegals who just came over the border, we're talking about going into American citizens' 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:46.590 residence. Right? These are legally owned homes and apartments owned by American citizens. So, I understand, you 00:03:46.600 --> 00:03:55.910 know, we need to pursue illegal [snorts] immigrants and deport them, but why can't we still maintain respect for the 00:03:55.920 --> 00:04:03.950 Constitution and say that if you're going to enter an American's home with law enforcement and you're not in hot 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:12.350 pursuit and somebody's not about to die, why can't you just spend the extra few hours to call up a judge and ask for a 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:20.590 warrant and make sure that we're a republic, uh that we've got three functioning branches of government. So, with that, um 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:26.040 I just want to say I support the amendment and I yield back. Gentleman yields back.