[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DIFFERING VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I noted with 
interest that the President announced this week he was going to give a 
major address on immigration. As one who's been involved in this issue 
for three decades, I was very interested to find out the approach the 
President was going to take.
  So let me register my disappointment at the demonization of those who 
might have a disagreement with the President that was expressed by him 
in his speech yesterday. Talking about moats and talking about 
alligators and talking about intransigence on the other side of the 
aisle is not the way to attract bipartisan support to deal with one of 
the most difficult and important questions of our Nation. I wouldn't 
say I'm outraged. I would say I'm disappointed at the tone of those 
remarks of the President yesterday.
  If, in fact, we're going to work together on issues as important as 
that, it would seem to me to be important for us to, in some way, at 
least accept the fact that there may be legitimate reasons for 
differences and try and bridge those differences, rather than expand 
them.

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