[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15042]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, when I am in my district there is one 
issue that tops all others with our constituents; it is the issue of 
border security.
  In this environment, Madam Speaker, every town has become a border 
town and every State has become a border State. And our constituents 
are sending the message, and they couldn't be clearer, secure our 
Nation's borders.
  I want to thank our House Republican leadership for standing up to 
the Senate and their Reid-Kennedy immigration reform bill, which would, 
among many other things, grant amnesty to those who break our laws in 
coming to this Nation.
  Madam Speaker, it is time to halt illegal entry into this country. It 
is time to halt the flow of illegal drugs and weapons into this great 
Nation, and it is time to secure our borders.
  I thank the Republican leadership for working on this issue, for 
standing firm. It is what the American people want to see done.

                          ____________________