[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15672]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRESS' APPROVAL RATING

  (Mrs. DRAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, Americans are growing frustrated. A recent 
Los Angeles Times poll placed Congress' approval ratings at the lowest 
point they have been in a decade, 27 percent down from 36 percent in 
January. And based on the many calls that my office receives every day, 
that frustration is largely embodied in the immigration issue.
  Specifically, for the last 2 weeks, I have received numerous calls 
from my constituents asking where is the border fence. Well, Mr. 
Speaker, that's a good question. Where is the border fence? Last night 
and early this morning, while this Chamber was debating a Homeland 
Security funding bill, that contains no funding specifically for 
fencing, hundreds of people were able to make their way across the 
border or were trafficked into America.
  And while we would like to believe that every single person made 
their way in order to seek out a better life for themselves or their 
family, we know that is not always the case. Some, as evidenced by the 
plot to attack Fort Dix, are here to harm us.
  I would impress upon the majority to do the right thing.

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