[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      OPPOSE THE REID-KENNEDY BILL

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, House Republicans have put together a set of 
five principles on border security and immigration reform that we want 
to see included in any legislation that is sent to the President. These 
principles include making border security a top priority, providing our 
Border Patrol with the resources they need to do their jobs 
effectively, strengthening immigration law enforcement, punishing 
employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, and opposing any efforts 
to reward those who break our laws.
  Madam Speaker, House Republicans passed a great bill last December 
that incorporated all of these principles. Unfortunately, Democrats and 
some of our colleagues in the Senate are pushing for alternative 
legislation that would make our borders even more vulnerable, their 
Reid-Kennedy bill that would actually weaken our law enforcement and 
make our country far less secure.
  Madam Speaker, the Reid-Kennedy bill would reward those who break our 
laws. This bill is not the answer to our immigration problems, and I 
strongly encourage my colleagues to oppose it.

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