Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) slammed President Joe Biden during an interview on Sunday for his repeated failure to secure the U.S.-Mexico border as the crisis is expected to intensify this week as Title 42 is set to end.

Sinema made the remarks during an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” while discussing the ongoing crisis at the border and new legislation that she has introduced that would act as a “band-aid” to address the issue.

Brennan highlighted actions that the Biden administration says they’ve taken to address the situation, including deploying a small number of troops to the border and creating a phone app for migrants.

Sinema said the administration’s measures “have been announced in the past week or so” despite an ongoing border crisis that erupted immediately when Biden came into office.

“Having 1,500 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border is helpful. It is a border of over 2,000 miles though,” she continued. “So 1,500 troops isn’t gonna get the job done. That’s just the reality.”

“We also are very concerned that all this is happening in the week or so before the rollout,” Sinema said. “Just today, I was on the phone with a sheriff of Cochise County. He has gotten no information from the Department of Homeland Security or the federal government about what the flow is going to look like, about what they can expect for processing in terms of how long it takes to process migrants. He’s got no information.”

Sinema said that the only information the sheriff has received is from her because she is staying in regular contact with him.

“What’s unfortunate is that I’m asking for that information and I’m not getting it,” Sinema said of the Biden administration. “And so either the administration has that information and they’re choosing not to share it, which is a problem since we’re the ones who are going to deal with the crisis, or they don’t have it and that’s even more concerning, because how do you prepare for the inflow of migrants when you don’t know what you’re going to expect?”

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Sinema said the information had not been shared with Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs.

“We’ve had two years to prepare for this,” Sinema said of the Biden administration’s window to prepare for the end of Title 42. “I think that there’s a system in Washington, D.C. that is deeply disconnected from the real lives and experiences of border communities and the migrants who seek to come to this country.”

Sinema said she would like those living in Washington, D.C., “to learn” what living in a state impacted by the border crisis is like.

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.@SenatorSinema says Arizona border officials haven't received information on migrant processing and transporting as Title 42 expires.

"Either the administration has that information and they’re choosing not to share it…or they don't have it and that's even more concerning." pic.twitter.com/xVNxDRZSfu

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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) said Sunday that he has more than enough votes to prevent Democrats from passing a “clean” debt ceiling increase.

Appearing on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Lee told host Maria Bartiromo that 45 Republicans, including himself, would vote against a bill that raises the debt ceiling without meaningful spending reforms. He said because of the Senate filibuster, that number is more than enough to block Democrats from passing a “clean” debt ceiling bill, and Lee believes that the conference will hold firm.

“As Kevin McCarthy, as Speaker of the House, meets with the White House, it’s imperative that he arrives position of negotiating power,” said Lee. “And to that end, we’ve got not only the Republican conference in the Senate backing what the Republicans in the House passed the week before last, we’ve also got a solid bloc of Republicans, more than enough, to block any sort of so-called ‘clean’ debt ceiling bill from going forward, anything that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budgetary reforms.”

Lee said that 43 Republicans signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declaring their opposition to a clean debt ceiling bill, and two more promised to back the effort without signing the letter. In total, there are 45 Republicans who will vote to prevent ending the debate on a clean debt ceiling bill.

Furthermore, Lee said the conference would remain united to oppose the debt limit increase. “We’ve got 43 Republican Senators who have signed this letter pledging to do exactly as I just described, and then we’ve got two more who for strategic reasons didn’t want to sign, but indicated that they will stand with us in the votes, [and] a couple of others who may yet decide to join us,” said Lee. “So that’s more than enough. Even if we lost one or two here or there, we’d still be fine, and I don’t think we’re gonna lose any of them.”

Lee led a group of 43 Senate Republicans who sent a letter to Schumer on Saturday opposing a clean debt ceiling increase.

“The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling,” the Senators wrote.

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“Our economy is in free fall due to unsustainable fiscal policies. This trajectory must be addressed with fiscal reforms. Moreover, recent Treasury projections have reinforced the urgency of addressing the debt ceiling. The House has taken a responsible first step in coming to the table with their proposals. It is imperative that the president now do the same. As such, we will not be voting for cloture on any bill that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms.”