[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 655-656]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand against the tactics 
used by the House Republicans for their partisan fights. I find it 
unconscionable that the House Republicans would threaten the funding of 
the Department of Homeland Security over the President's executive 
action on immigration.

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  We just saw what happened to our friends in France, and now, they are 
going to play games with our national security and threaten its 
funding. This executive action isn't an election strategy or a scheme 
to grow the Federal Government; it is a moral imperative.
  The President acted because this House refused to even vote on the 
bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill. It was widely expected that 
a vote on that bill would have succeeded.
  Our broken immigration system has forced millions to live their lives 
in fear. The President's action is the right thing to do, is the humane 
thing to do.
  I oppose the defunding of this executive action, Mr. Speaker, and I 
oppose the threatening of the funding of the Department of Homeland 
Security and, by extension, our national security.

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