[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 109 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H5252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           WE MUST DO BETTER

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Madam Speaker, once again, I say I am blessed to be an 
American citizen and honored to be a Member of the United States 
Congress.
  Today is a bittersweet day for me as, today, I was able to bring my 
two grandchildren on the floor of this House, a courtesy that we afford 
each other as Members of this luscious body: my 1-year-old 
granddaughter, Jimena Luna De La Rosa, and my grandson, Joaquin Cruz De 
La Rosa.
  But, at the same time, we voted for less than what we should have for 
the lives of so many men, women, and children who seek to come to the 
greatest land on Earth, the United States of America.
  We must do better. We must do more. And it is time that we push back 
on a President who considers the gold standard to be the gold on a 
toilet instead of the gold standard that we have come to be known for 
around the world when it comes to having open arms of welcoming good 
human beings to this great country, to be part of this great land.

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