[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14286-14287]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Madam Speaker, the news that the White House will not take 
action this summer on immigration reform came as a huge disappointment, 
not just to me, but to millions across this country. Our broken 
immigration system hurts millions of families, and every day that we 
delay leaves both these families and our economy suffering. But 
immigration reform can and should come from Congress.
  It has been well over a year since the Senate did their job and 
passed fair, bipartisan legislation that would bring people out of the 
shadows and on a pathway to citizenship. Let's not blame the President. 
Here in the House, my friends on the other side of the aisle have not 
brought the Senate bill to the floor for a vote. That is how we have 
comprehensive immigration reform not through executive orders. If we 
held a vote tomorrow, I am confident that it would pass.
  Madam Speaker, it is time for my Republican friends to realize the 
damage that not taking up comprehensive immigration reform does to our 
Nation every day. This issue is too important to be put on the back 
burner until after the election. Enough is enough. It is time to bring 
the Senate bill on comprehensive immigration reform to a vote.

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