[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10633-10634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)

[[Page 10634]]


  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, today in the Oversight and Government 
Reform Committee hearing on border security, we heard from border 
officials that the border is not secure, or more specifically we heard 
no response when we asked: Is the border secure or not? And they would 
not answer ``yes'' and they would not answer ``no.''
  The American people have been asking for a secure border before we 
engage in comprehensive immigration reform for years. The fact that 
this administration and, quite frankly, previous administrations have 
not secured the border, makes it premature to address the Senate bill 
here in the House.
  Comprehensive immigration reform must be preceded by a secure border.

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