[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  DISCHARGE PETITION FOR BIPARTISAN, COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, last week, I signed the discharge 
petition on H.R. 15, the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform 
bill.
  Today, I stand with millions of families across our country to call 
upon Speaker Boehner to simply bring H.R. 15 to the floor of the House 
for a vote. This bill secures our borders, provides an earned pathway 
to citizenship, and increases economic opportunity for all Americans. 
We request a vote--no, we demand a vote. We demand a vote, Mr. Speaker.
  We demand this vote because the American people are tired of living 
under a broken immigration system and seeing families broken apart. The 
American people know that passing this bill will save our country $900 
billion over the next two decades. We know that the American people 
overwhelmingly support immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
  Mr. Speaker, give the American people that vote.

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