[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the House to action.
  On Friday, we will mark 1 year since the Senate passed comprehensive 
immigration reform with broad bipartisan support. We also mark 1 year 
of inaction in this House, where we have not even had one vote on 
immigration reform.
  This is despite the fact that we have had a House bill with 200 
bipartisan cosponsors. This is despite the fact that we have a House 
bill that 80 percent of Americans support, and this is despite the fact 
that hundreds of businesses, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 
a variety of religious organizations, are all calling for the same 
thing: comprehensive immigration reform.
  It is not just a moral thing to do, it is the right thing to do for 
our economy, for public safety, and to reduce our deficit.
  The time is now.
  I am asking House leadership today: bring this bipartisan effort to 
the floor for a vote.

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