[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   ILLEGAL ALIEN PROVISION IN LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
express my fierce opposition to the ``illegal alien'' provision that 
has been inserted into the legislative branch appropriations bill.
  This partisan language will force the Library of Congress to keep 
using the term ``illegal alien'' even though the Library of Congress 
decided to remove that derogatory and totally inaccurate term from the 
Library's subject heading system.
  ``Illegal alien'' is a form of dehumanizing rhetoric. The term has 
been used to justify continued discrimination against vulnerable 
migrants and minority communities.
  The provision is politicizing what is supposed to be a bipartisan 
budget bill. This unprecedented interference by Congress will have huge 
ramifications. The Library of Congress sets the standard for subject 
headings used across America and internationally.
  ``Illegal alien'' is inaccurate. The Library of Congress contains our 
most important records, and they should be accurate and reflect 
reality.

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