[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    I RISE TO DEFEND DACA RECIPIENTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Green) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. And still I rise 
because I love my country.
  And today I rise to defend those who are recipients of the DACA 
program. I rise to defend these young people because, unfortunately, 
bigotry is being weaponized against them.
  I rise because the Chief Executive Officer has indicated that there 
are hardened criminals among them, but he does it in such a way as to 
demean and defame all of them. He does it on the day that the Supreme 
Court of the United States of America is considering a case with 
reference to DACA recipients.
  I rise to defend them. These are young people who came to this 
country at a very early age. They did not come of their own volition. 
These are young people who have been screened and vetted. These are 
young people who have gone on to get good educations. These are young 
people who are contributing to our society.
  So I rise to defend the DACA recipients. I rise because I understand 
what is going on. This Chief Executive Officer is not going to stop. 
This is just another phase of his attempts to weaponize bigotry, 
hatred, racism.
  He did it with the Muslim ban, weaponizing religion. He did it with 
the s-hole countries, weaponizing race. He did it with some ``fine 
people'' among those in Charlottesville where a woman lost her life, 
weaponizing anti-Semitism.
  And he has done it repeatedly and will not stop. He went on to do it 
with the ban on transgender persons in the military, weaponizing 
homophobia.
  This is not going to stop. We must move to impeach this President.
  I am proud to say that history, now, is going to record that, on this 
day, witnesses appeared to give testimony with reference to why the 
President should be impeached. That is how the testimony is going to be 
presented.
  I am not proud that this is happening. I love my country. I don't 
want this to happen in my country.
  I didn't come to Congress to be a part of an impeachment effort 
against the President, but when a President attempts to weaponize race, 
bigotry, xenophobia, Islamophobia, homophobia, that President ought to 
be impeached--and he will be.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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