[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 109 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H5243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING MIGRANTS WHO HAVE DIED ATTEMPTING TO REACH 
                    THE SHORES OF THE UNITED STATES

  (Ms. ESCOBAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. ESCOBAR. Mr. Speaker, today I ask that we observe a moment of 
silence for the migrants who have died as they have tried to reach the 
shores of the America that they dream of.
  The photograph that all of us saw this week should tear all of us up, 
for those of us who are parents, to see a toddler with her little arms 
wrapped around the neck of her father.
  There is nothing that we wouldn't do for our children, nothing, to 
give them a better life.
  Oscar and Valeria represent tens of thousands of migrants who have 
died as they have tried to build a better life for themselves, only to 
find that they are demonized and locked out of the promise that those 
of us who are natural born citizens are so fortunate to enjoy.
  In their name, let us never forget their sacrifice and the sacrifice 
that so many parents make for the most vulnerable among us.

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