[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 5 (Monday, January 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H207-H208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMERICANS MOURN WITH THE PEOPLE OF PARIS

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, today we mourn with the 
people of Paris. Americans stand with Paris and attacks on innocent 
people everywhere across the world.
  Terrorists are escalating their attacks on innocent people across the 
world as we speak. Americans here at home are rightfully concerned, and 
to protect them, they look to us, their lawmakers.
  Our greatest responsibility, above everything else we ever do, 
prescribed to us in the Constitution, is to keep people safe in their 
homes and in their country.
  As security measures go up in our country to keep us safe, 
unfortunately, House GOP leaders are proposing to shut the Department 
of Homeland Security down. We cannot play politics with our national 
security.
  I urge my House GOP colleagues to stand up for security and not shut 
down the government. Let's put the safety of the American people first 
and put petty politics aside. Now is the time that we stand strong for 
the security of everyone.

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