[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  URGING SENATE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this country is in 
dire need of immigration reform and tighter border security. Officials 
at all levels of government and across party lines have felt this need. 
However, instead of acting, we are sitting back and debating the 
details of amnesty or no amnesty, guest worker or no guest worker, et 
cetera.
  I call on my colleagues in both the House and the Senate to move 
political positioning and think about the men and women that they 
represent. There will undoubtedly be areas of disagreement, yet this 
must not stop us from moving forward to secure our borders this year.
  Our constituents deserve to know that they are safe and that they can 
live out their lives without the threat of terror at their doorstep, 
and they deserve nothing less.

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