[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMMONSENSE APPROACH TO BORDER SECURITY

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about a commonsense 
approach to border security. I recently conducted three town hall 
meetings throughout central Florida. The message I received from my 
constituents was loud and clear: our first priority must be to secure 
our borders and enforce the law. After that we can then determine for 
ourselves how many workers we need for construction, agriculture, 
landscaping, and other jobs.
  It is really a matter of common sense. For example, imagine there was 
a bucket of water sitting next to a wall. Just above the bucket is a 
faucet turned on full blast. Your job is to take a ladle and remove the 
water from the bucket. You could do that job for the rest of your life, 
or common sense would tell you to first turn off the faucet, then it 
would be much easier to decide what to do with the remaining water.
  Let's use our common sense and make securing our borders and 
enforcing the law our top priority in Congress.

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