[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               DREAM ACT

  (Mr. GONZALEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker--and of course I hope that we do have a 
vote on the DREAM Act--but this is really a plea to my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle to prove a former official and spokesman 
for the Bush administration wrong.
  Michael Gerson wrote yesterday in The Washington Post: ``Whatever its 
legislative fate, the DREAM Act is effective at stripping away 
pretense. Opponents of this law don't want earned citizenship for any 
illegal immigrant--even those personally guilty of no crime, even those 
who demonstrate their skills and character. The DREAM Act would be a 
potent incentive for assimilation. But for some, assimilation clearly 
is not the goal. They have no intention of sharing the honor of 
citizenship with anyone called illegal--even those who came as 
children, have grown up as neighbors and would be willing to give their 
lives in the Nation's cause.''
  I implore and I request fair consideration and that we prove Michael 
Gerson wrong. My fear is that he may be very, very accurate in what 
this vote represents.

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