[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    FIX THE LEAK OR BUY MORE BUCKETS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, when Hurricane Rita hit southeast Texas, a pine 
tree fell on our house and caused a leak in the roof. The water came 
into the house, and I couldn't put enough buckets under the leak to 
catch all that water. I didn't really know what to do. Eventually it 
dawned on me, I had to go up on the roof and fix the leak or water 
would have continued to fill all those buckets and more. The ``grand 
bargain'' immigration plan is really a plan to buy more buckets for the 
big leak on our border.
  The government is missing the obvious. Until we fix the leak, we can 
never deal with all of the water from the leak. Until Uncle Sam 
enforces border security, we cannot solve the problem with the illegals 
already here.
  The so-called immigration reform bill deals with the wrong issue 
first. It legalizes the illegals while inadequately securing the 
border. Secure the border and then come up with a plan that is not 
amnesty in dealing with the people here illegally. Otherwise, we will 
keep buying more buckets and the real problem will never be solved.
  And that's just the way it is.

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