[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. COSTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, as this Congress comes to a close and as the 
114th begins, I am hopeful that we can come together at some time to 
pass comprehensive immigration reform.
  Unfortunately, time and time again, House leadership has consistently 
denied a vote on the bipartisan, Senate-passed reform legislation while 
not even presenting an alternative measure of its own. The Senate-
passed plan provides a legal, stable workforce for agriculture and 
critical protections for those who work to put safe, healthy foods on 
our Nation's dinner tables. Each day that our immigration system 
remains broken jobs are lost and our economy struggles.
  It is unacceptable to put political interests above our national 
interests. The time to address immigration reform is now. The 
President's action, mind you, is because this House--its leadership--
has chosen not to act.

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