Dear Editor,
Representative Mike Collins informed us he would only address three urgent and vital issues as part of one bill: desperately needed immigration law reform to stop chaos at our border, funding the defense of Ukraine against brutal and savage invasion by Russia, and resources to defend Israel from murderous attacks by Hamas.
We now have the bill Representative Collins demanded: a bi-partisan bill addressing these three issues, each vital to the safety and security of our nation. But instead of the promised action, Representative Collins, at the behest of candidate for the presidency Donald Trump, refuses to even consider the very bill he requested.
Donald Trump does not want Congress to resolve these issues. He wants chaos at the border and continuing threats to the safety and security of Ukraine and Israel for use as issues in his campaign.
This is as craven a betrayal of our country as one can imagine.
The first and only duty of Representative Collins, and members of Congress, is to protect America, to end out-of-control conditions at our border, to enable Ukraine to defend itself from Russian aggression, and to prevent violent attacks on Israel from succeeding.
No member of Congress should allow himself to be used as a partisan political pawn.
We look to Representative Collins and all members of Congress to honor their oaths of office to protect and defend our nation from its enemies, domestic and foreign, and to enact urgently this essential legislation.
Bruce Menke, Athens