[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 19187-19188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PASS THE DREAM ACT

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. When I was a school teacher, I never knew how well my 
kids were doing until I gave them a test. That's when you find out what 
you've really learned. We need to have a test right here today in this 
Chamber. We need to test our tolerance, our fairness, and our sense of 
justice. We need to vote today on the DREAM Act.
  Will we pass that test? Will we get an A or an F? Those who will 
grade this test are watching. A generation of

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young people are hoping. Their futures are riding on whether we pass 
this test. Their families and communities are watching to see how we do 
on the test. Our Nation wants to see if we are compassionate, if we 
have the courage do what is right.
  This is a pass or fail test. Our kids, our young people, they have 
all passed. They have worked hard. They planned for a better future, 
and they love this country. They love America. Today, I urge my 
colleagues not to fail these kids and to reward their love by the 
passage of the DREAM Act.

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