[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BY THE SENATE

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, it has been almost 1 year since two-thirds of 
the Senate--Democrats and Republicans--voted for comprehensive 
immigration reform. So House Republicans have had 1 year to address the 
4.3 million families languishing in the immigration backlogs separated 
from their loved ones for decades, 1 year to bring the 11 million 
undocumented immigrants who are already in the fabric of our society 
out of the shadows so they can earn their place in society, and 1 year 
to allow the brightest minds in the world to graduate from our schools 
and contribute to the economy. They have had 1 year to reduce the 
deficit by nearly $1 trillion, as this bill will do.
  They promised the American people reform; all we have heard are 
excuses for the delays. That is why I helped to introduce H.R. 15, a 
bipartisan immigration bill. This bill has the votes to pass today.
  I urge Republican leadership to put politics aside and bring this 
bill to the floor. It is time to fix our broken immigration system once 
and for all.

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