[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              BORDER WALL

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                          HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2017

  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I have a few questions for my 
colleagues across the aisle--what can we do with 1.6 billion dollars?
  How many highways and roads could we fix?
  How many Americans could we train for good paying jobs, for that 
amount of money?
  And didn't the President promise that Americans wouldn't have to pay 
for a wall?
  Now in one big bill that's out of regular order we are being asked to 
waste 1.6 billion dollars on a wall that would be ineffective and 
offensive to our neighbors?
  In my district, we know that our border is our strength, not our 
weakness.
  San Diego and Tijuana are two regions, but we are one community.
  We have worked for years to create an efficient border that allows 
thousands of people to safely cross into our country every day; 
spending money in our stores, paying taxes that support our 
infrastructure, and bringing economic stability to our region.
  We cannot allow fear and uncertainty to isolate us from the rest of 
the world, and building a wall along our expansive southern border 
would do just that.

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