[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KING'S DISGRACEFUL REMARKS

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on the disgraceful 
remarks recently made by another Member of this body.
  My parents brought me to this country at the age of 11. They brought 
me here for the freedoms, they brought me here for the opportunities, 
and they never told me to strap 75 pounds of marijuana on my thighs so 
we can sell it in America.
  It is disgraceful that a Member of this body would demean this House 
and what this country represents when you make remarks like that. I 
recognize that not all Members of this body feel the same way.
  I represent Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, two monuments 
that symbolize the history of America as a Nation of immigrants. So 
when you make remarks like one of the Members made, it's not only 
ignorant, but quite frankly stupid, not recognizing the history of this 
country.

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