[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




H.R. 3231, BARBARA JORDAN IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 
                                  2002

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, about 30 days ago, the INS sent a notice to a 
flight school that Mohammed Atta could continue training on an 
aircraft. It was a big blunder, a colossal mistake, and the President 
described the following day that he was very mad.
  Thirty days later, the President and this Congress have worked on a 
bill to restructure the INS. It is coming to the floor today, and I 
want to commend the President, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Sensenbrenner), the chairman, and all who have worked to bring this 
important bill to the floor today.
  We need to bring some credibility to this agency. We need to be fair 
on immigration. We need to be just. We need to operate with respect, 
but we also have to enforce the laws of the land.
  Strengthening our borders, strengthening the integrity of the system, 
finding those who have slipped through the cracks and have ill intent 
in this country, that should be our priority; not focusing on 
hardworking people that are here legitimately, but finding those who 
wrought terror on us on September 11 and seek to continue to undermine 
the country.
  This is a good bill. I urge its adoption.

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