[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 17 (Monday, January 28, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend President Trump for 
coming together with this 3-week deal that will allow us to open the 
government, as it has, and continue the discussion on the border 
security issue we so desperately need.
  It is time to put up or shut up. This has been a bipartisan effort in 
the past with previous legislation to build the border fence and a lot 
of rhetoric and a lot of talk by the other side of the aisle supporting 
a controlled border and legal immigration.
  It is time to go ahead and do it--no more talk, no more obfuscation, 
and no more pointing fingers in the other direction. We need to have 
border security in a bipartisan way, as it has been done in the past.
  Who cares that it is President Trump or someone else in the White 
House only because it is a political fight? This is something our 
Nation needs.
  So, again, 3 weeks to get it done, 3 weeks to come together and 
acknowledge that a barrier system on our border is one important 
component of many to have a secure border and allow legal immigration 
in this country.

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