[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, last year, I promised my constituents that, 
in the new year, we would bring the fight on illegal immigration and 
act to restore the separation of powers that was upended by President 
Obama's lawless overreach, and I meant it. That is why I proudly voted 
for the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act and the 
attached amendments.
  This bill is simple. It fully funds--yes, it fully funds--the DHS 
while ensuring that no dollars are made available for the President's 
executive amnesty.
  I am especially pleased that this measure contained key provisions of 
my bill, the Immigration Compliance Enforcement Act, which will defund 
the Obama administration's ``public advocate'' to lobby on behalf of 
illegal immigrants.
  Mr. Speaker, we still have three coequal branches of government, and 
when the President oversteps his bounds, we are compelled to respond.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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