WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s failure to protect the American homeland:
“The Biden administration has failed its most important responsibility: protecting America’s homeland. To make matters worse, it attempted to cover up clear Chinese espionage and a violation of America’s sovereignty while issuing multiple versions of what the White House knew and when it knew it.
“Here are the facts: On President Biden’s watch, a Chinese intelligence-gathering airship in the form of a spy balloon was allowed to enter the sovereign airspace of the United States and cross over the entire country from the Pacific to the Atlantic. During this journey, it performed constant surveillance directly over our most sensitive military sites. This is a clear show of force from one of America’s leading adversaries, and it was met with a clear show of weakness from President Biden.
“Ronald Reagan notably said that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. This is because our freedom, like peace itself, will not be preserved through appeasement but only through eternal vigilance. Over the weekend, the Biden administration was put to the test. And it failed.”
