[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES

  (Mr. LANGWORTHY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LANGWORTHY. Madam Speaker, tonight we passed H.R. 3941, the 
Schools Not Shelters Act, sponsored by my friend and colleague from New 
York, Representative Marc Molinaro.
  Unfortunately, this legislation is a necessary response to President 
Biden's border crisis, which has been made worse by the sanctuary city 
policies of New York Democrats.
  We are seeing illegal immigration spill into communities across the 
State, including in my district in western New York.
  When Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul announced their plan 
to take over campuses across the State and turn them into migrant 
housing, it struck many parents, including me, as an insult. Our 
investment of billions of taxpayer dollars for award-winning schools 
like our SUNY campuses is thrown away to become migrant camps.
  The Schools Not Shelters Act sends a clear message that our Nation 
values the education and well-being of our children above all else.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the Senate to support this 
measure to put our children first.

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