[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORTING YOUNG DREAMERS

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of young DREAMers: young 
people brought as children without proper documentation to this 
country; young people willing to work hard to share in the American 
Dream; young people who have so much to offer America.
  Today, 220 House Republicans said ``no'' to their dream by voting to 
terminate the program that allows them to stay legally. These 
Republicans, by their votes, said ``no'' to an essential element of 
comprehensive immigration reform at the very time the Senate is about 
to take up that measure.
  To those Republicans who say, ``No, we can't,'' we need more and more 
Americans who insist, ``Yes, we can.'' When we harness the energy of 
these youth, when we reform our immigration laws in a comprehensive 
way, we will create an America as good as their dream.

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