[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               AN ANSWERED PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I believe that a prayer has been 
answered.
  On May 15, I took to this very podium and prayed for the people of 
Nepal. The prayer was that we would accord them temporary protected 
status if they were living in the United States. I am proud to say that 
Homeland Security has now issued a mandate for a 180-day registration 
period, 18-month temporary protected status.
  I am grateful to Congressman Crowley and Congresswoman Meng for the 
letter that they sent to Homeland Security making this request that I 
was proud to sign on to.
  I thank the President of the United States for allowing this to 
happen.
  And, Mr. Speaker, I thank God that the people of Nepal will have an 
opportunity to stay in this country and not go back to the devastation 
that they have suffered in Nepal as a result of the earthquakes that 
took place there.
  God bless you, Mr. Speaker, and God bless the United States of 
America.

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