[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E80]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2015

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                               speech of

                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 14, 2015

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 240) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
     purposes:

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Chair, America is a nation of immigrants, but we are 
also a nation built on the rule of law, and those who enter our country 
illegally disregard those laws.
  Unfortunately, our President does not feel the same way.
  Upon discovering he could not get support from Congress, he decided 
to circumvent the legislative branch through executive action and grant 
amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
  He disregarded the separation of powers that our Founding Fathers 
laid out for our government, but more importantly he disregarded the 
American people.
  That is why I am proud to stand here today with my colleagues to put 
a stop to this executive overreach, and to tell this President that he 
is not above the law.

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