[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of 
H.R. 1333, the NO BAN Act, of which I am an original cosponsor and 
which passed the House earlier today. I thank and salute our good 
friend Judy Chu as well as Chairman Nadler and the Speaker for their 
leadership in bringing this to the floor.
  This bill strengthens the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of religion and restores the separation of 
powers by limiting overly broad executive actions.
  President Biden's recent executive order overturned Donald Trump's 
racist and discriminatory ban, but we need to ensure that broad, 
xenophobic policies that are not based on actual national security 
concerns do not ever go into effect again.
  Make no mistake, the NO BAN Act would help ensure that this kind of 
discrimination ceases, prevent future such discrimination, and promote 
our Nation's core value of religious freedom.
  The Muslim and African bans were an abuse of Presidential authority 
and based off of hateful campaign promises. The ban separated parents 
from their children and spouses from one another. This bill begins to 
repair the damage of the past 4 years.

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