[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  LET'S PUT A BARRIER WHERE WE NEED IT

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats refuse to open the 
government. They won't provide more than a dollar. The Speaker said she 
would give a dollar for a border barrier. That is outrageous.
  How many people in this body have walls around their homes and live 
in gated communities. How many people in this body at night check to 
make sure their door is locked, not because a burglar can't get around 
it, but because they love the people in their home and they don't want 
burglars having it too easy getting in, even though they could, but it 
slows people down. That is what a border barrier does.
  And for the little girl that was killed by an illegal alien in my 
district and thrown in a well, this is not a charade. This is life or 
death for many people.
  Let's put a barrier where we need it, and then we can have everybody 
getting paid.

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