[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1342]
[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 this House to action. 
In the opening weeks of the 114th Congress, this Chamber has voted to 
deport DREAMers and the parents of American citizens. And the House 
majority continues to put our national security at risk by threatening 
to shut down the Department of Homeland Security just because they 
object to the administration's efforts to keep immigrant families 
together and to deport violent criminals.
  No matter how you feel about the administration's efforts, we should 
all recognize that it is time to set aside these partisan games and 
take substantive action to pass a comprehensive immigration reform 
bill. It is not just the moral thing to do for so many of our friends 
and neighbors; it is the right thing to do for our economy, for our 
public safety, and for our country.
  I will urge House leadership to bring a comprehensive immigration 
reform bill to the floor for a vote. It is the right thing to do.

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