[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, the American people have reached a 
consensus on the border security issue; so I find it very hard to 
understand why we here in Washington are having trouble doing the same.
  Outside the Beltway people think it is perfectly reasonable to build 
a wall to protect the border. They do not see a problem with installing 
surveillance technology to monitor the border. They do not support 
amnesty.
  It is only here where the pundits rule, and in the New York 
newsrooms, that we see such hand wringing on the border security issue. 
An op-ed in The Washington Post called people concerned about illegal 
immigration ``nativists.'' Apparently, worrying about border security 
and the rule of law makes one a nativist. I find that it is a sad 
statement on the attitude of those opposed to beefing up our border 
security.
  I ask my colleagues to join me to look past the pundits, past the 
liberal editorial pages, and do what the vast majority of Americans 
want done: Secure the border and do it without amnesty.

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