[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KING'S IGNORANT COMMENTS

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, Representative King's recent comments about 
children of immigrants are a disgrace to this institution. These 
comments are unacceptable and just plain wrong on so many levels.
  We may not all agree on the best way to fix our Nation's broken 
immigration system, but we can all agree that it's broken.
  Comments like Representative King's don't do anything to solve 
problems or bring us closer to a true bipartisan solution on 
immigration. They only exacerbate the problem of extreme partisanship 
and inject needless divisiveness into the conversation on how to best 
reform our immigration system.
  This sort of ideologically driven and hateful rhetoric has no place 
in this institution, and it must stop. It is time for both parties to 
put down the partisan talking points and make a good faith effort to 
work together to have a conversation and not a confrontation.
  We need to act, and we need to act now. We don't have time for this 
partisan gamesmanship. We must reduce our deficit by passing this 
comprehensive immigration reform.

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