[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 60 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is well known that the Department of 
Homeland Security, established after the heinous and unspeakable acts 
of 9/11, is one of America's most important departments.
  It is tragic that during the tenure of this administration, it has 
been in the midst of confusion and dishevelment. The Department needs 
long and strong leadership. Secret Service, Customs and Border 
Protection, Border Patrol, many other departments that are crucial, 
those dealing with domestic terrorism, those dealing with 
transportation security, it needs someone that can make an independent 
decision that separating children from families is not the right thing 
to do; that the border crisis is a humanitarian crisis; that the fences 
that have been built are still being built through funding that has 
come from previous administrations.
  I wish well the Acting Secretary that is now in the position, but I 
will tell you that I wish more well to the hardworking employees every 
day that work to keep this Nation safe.
  Leave the Department alone, and let its leadership work its will on 
behalf of the security of the American people to do the right thing and 
to act accordingly to the decency of the rule of law.

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