[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CITIES COPING WITH THE RISING NUMBER OF MIGRANTS

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support Federal 
funding to help our cities cope with the rising number of new migrant 
arrivals.
  Many mayors, including Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson, are asking 
that cities and States be allocated $5 billion in emergency funding to 
help them with the influx of new arrivals.
  Most importantly in their request is also the flexibility to decide 
for themselves how to allocate the funds, since different cities have 
different needs. Chicago, for example, needs the ability to provide 
warm clothing to families arriving with little preparation for 
Chicago's winter.
  As an immigrant myself to the greatest country the world has ever 
known, I ask that even as we debate how to prevent future border 
crises, we remember that we have to help people, particularly children, 
who have been allowed to enter the Nation in service of their better 
future.

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