[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     PROTECTING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, the crisis we are currently witnessing at 
our southern border is the direct result of the Obama administration's 
selective enforcement of our Nation's immigration laws. Through its 
repeated inaction and disregard for border security, this 
administration has created a magnet for illegal immigration.
  This is endangering the lives of children and is adding additional 
strains to our already overtaxed taxpayers, and now, the President says 
he needs $3.7 billion from Congress to address the problem that his 
disregard for our laws has created. Virtually none of this money 
addresses the real problem of securing our border.
  We need to deploy the National Guard to the border. The National 
Guard is well equipped to handle this humanitarian crisis. It would 
provide critical relief to our Border Patrol, allowing them to better 
concentrate on protecting our border.
  My amendment to the NDAA of transferring $5 million to the Army 
National Guard would do exactly that.

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