[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    ``BORDER SECURITY FIRST'' DOES NOT MEAN ``BORDER SECURITY ONLY''

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, a Nation without borders is not a Nation. In 
recent days, this Congress has taken important first steps to restore 
operational control of our borders. I was pleased to support the Secure 
Fence Act of 2006 and additional measures that we will bring to the 
floor of this Congress this week.
  American people want Congress to put border security first, Mr. 
Speaker. But border security first does not mean border security only. 
Congress must secure our borders, but the American people know that 
securing our borders is a necessary but insufficient solution to the 
crisis of illegal immigration.
  After we secure our borders, Congress must also enact a new temporary 
worker program, without amnesty, and without creating a new Federal 
bureaucracy, and I believe we will. We must do no less than secure our 
border, but we must do more to ensure that we solve this domestic 
crisis in a manner consistent with law and order and the compassionate 
character of the great American Nation.

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