June 19, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5275 Juneteenth honors the end of the 400 years Bailey was at the Route 91 Harvest The world is watching. We are losing of suffering African Americans endured under festival on October 1 in Las Vegas, at- our moral authority as we speak. I beg slavery and celebrates the legacy of persever- tending the concert with her mother the President and the Speaker of the ance that has become the hallmark of the Afri- and other friends. She had a smile that House and others in this Congress to can American experience in the struggle for could light up the room and was capa- stop this now. equality. ble of making everyone laugh. f In recent years, a number of National Bailey was a natural born leader and WHAT HAS AMERICA BECOME? Juneteenth Organizations have arisen to take an amazing aunt to her brother Dako- their place alongside older organizations—all ta’s two kids. Bailey is remembered as The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under with the mission to promote and cultivate being a master at being friends to ev- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- knowledge and appreciation of African Amer- eryday people and to everyone she met. uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Cali- ican history and culture. Mr. Speaker, I extend my condo- fornia (Mr. GARAMENDI) is recognized Juneteenth celebrates African American lences to Bailey Schweitzer’s family for 60 minutes as the designee of the freedom while encouraging self-development and friends. Please know that the city minority leader. and respect for all cultures. of Las Vegas, the State of Nevada, and Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, But it must always remain a reminder to us the whole country grieve with you. America, my colleagues, Democrat and all that liberty and freedom are precious birth- f Republican, this young girl needs our rights of all Americans which must be jeal- help. She is crying out for her parents. FAMILY SEPARATION ously guarded and preserved for future gen- She needs our help. She needs our help erations. (Mr. CORREA asked and was given now. She is crying for her mother and As it takes on a more national and even permission to address the House for 1 her father, who have been taken from global perspective, the events of 1865 in minute.) her. Texas are not forgotten, for all of the roots tie Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, in late This is the picture of America today. back to this fertile soil from which a national May of this year, a 5-year-old boy This is a picture of our values as Amer- day of pride is growing. named Jose and his father arrived in El icans. 350 million of us are responsible f Paso, Texas. Together, they had braved for this young girl crying for her moth- the dangerous trek from Honduras to er and her father, who have been taken FAMILY SEPARATION the United States in search of freedom from her. (Ms. ROSEN asked and was given per- from gang violence, poverty, and hard- They came to America, her mother mission to address the House for 1 ship. came to America because she feared minute and to revise and extend her re- They came as asylum seekers and put that in her home country, they would marks.) themselves at the mercy of American be harmed. They came to America Ms. ROSEN. Mr. Speaker, the images laws. Instead, they were treated like seeking life. This young girl is crying we are seeing of children crying alone, criminals. out for our help, and she is not alone. calling out for their mothers and fa- They journeyed across the continent She is joined by this young girl, who thers, is absolutely heart-wrenching. for a life free of violence and a life free has been separated from her parents, Right now, innocent children are of crime. It is a human right enshrined and she is alone in a building foreign to being detained at our border, and they in international law. her. She is crying out to America for are going through unthinkable and life- When Jose arrived at the border, he our basic humanity, for our basic mo- altering trauma as a result of the was ripped away from his father and rality, and she is not alone. Trump administration’s cruel decision detained. Neither one of them were She is not alone, and neither are to separate migrant families. told when, or if, they would see each these young children in a cage in Let me be crystal clear: There is no other again. America. law requiring border agents to separate Jose was assigned to a host family he What have we become? What has migrant children from their parents, had never met, taken to a house he had America become that we would take yet this administration has chosen to never lived in, and was treated like a children and their parents who have implement this horrendous policy and prisoner in the land of freedom. come here seeking refuge, we take the deliberately ignore public outcry by re- According to his host family, every parents away and we put the children fusing to put an end to this madness. night he placed a handwritten picture in a cage? What has America become They are playing political games in- of his family under his pillow, holding that we would allow this to happen? stead of doing what is right and true to out hope that they would someday be Whatever the reason is for their ar- our American values. reunited. rival at our border, we know this about This heartless and inhumane behav- This is the picture that he drew. them: they came here seeking the very ior should not have to require action This is immoral, illegal, and an un- best of America, the promise of this from Congress to be changed. But with American practice that will not go country, and we put them in a cage. the President pledging to continue his unchallenged. What has America become that we heartless policy, we are compelled to f would allow this to happen, that the act. That is why I am helping intro- b 1930 man in the highest office of this Nation duce legislation that puts an end to would make it the policy of America to this despicable policy and keeps fami- THE WORLD IS WATCHING cage children; that the man who occu- lies together, which I urge all of my (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was pies the highest office in this land colleagues on both sides of the aisle to given permission to address the House would make it the policy of this Na- support. for 1 minute and to revise and extend tion, a Nation whose reputation was f her remarks.) one of humanity, of concern, and fun- Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, damental morality, that the man who HONORING THE LIFE OF BAILEY America is looking on, indeed the occupies the highest office in this land SCHWEITZER world is looking on with horror as they would put in place policies that would (Mr. KIHUEN asked and was given see pictures of children in cages. make this young girl cry for her par- permission to address the House for 1 First it was denied. They were say- ents? minute and to revise and extend his re- ing, No, we weren’t separating families. Is this the America that we want? Is marks.) Then they said, Well, we are not put- this the America that we have come to Mr. KIHUEN. Mr. Speaker, today, I ting them in cages. be? Is this the America who has lost its rise to remember the life of Bailey And now America and the world sees moral compass, who believes that you Schweitzer. the truth. And it is up to the President. could take this young girl or these Bailey was a kid at heart who loved He could change this tonight if he young men and women, these children, playing around at her father’s speed- wanted to. I think we have to ask our- and hold them hostage? way racetrack in Bakersfield, Cali- selves: Why won’t he? Why won’t this The ransom is a border wall. Is that fornia. Congress do something? where we are as Americans that the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:25 Jun 20, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JN7.060 H19JNPT1 H5276 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 19, 2018 price for a border wall is this? Is that You know, I don’t bark every time that he had come to the country with where we are as Americans? Is that this President sends out an outrageous his sister, but she was nowhere to be what we have become? tweet or makes a ridiculous statement. found. We can’t debate here on the justice But when something happens that is The other was a young girl named or the value of a policy without taking absolutely despicable, I am morally ob- Leah. She was 1 year old, and she was a young child away from its parents ligated to call the President out and separated from her parents. and putting them in a cage so that we hold him publicly accountable for his These are among the youngest vic- could somehow use them as ransom for actions. tims of this brutal policy of President a public policy. Ordering young children to be sepa- Trump in separating young children This is not America. This is not what rated from their parents in order to from their parents. we should expect from the man who oc- send a message and then blaming Most Americans believe that we can cupies the highest office in this land. Democrats for the situation, this rises enforce our immigration laws and still Have no doubt about it: this is not to the level of complete immoral be- respect human dignity and human about a law. This is about a policy di- havior. rights. But in going down the road that rected from the White House that says Desperate families come to this this President has taken us, he is tak- a person crossing into this country, country fleeing for their very lives. Our ing us down a road where we are losing whatever their reason; asylum seekers history has been to give them shelter. our own humanity. He is taking us trying to get away from the horrors of My wife’s grandfather came from down a road that is reminiscent of the the country from which they came, Mexico as a political refugee when he worst episodes and moral failures in coming to America seeking the benefit and his family were marked for death. the country’s history, the things that, of this great country, that they are a America gave him refuge and he was as Americans, we deeply regret. criminal and therefore must be sepa- able to bring his two-year-old daugh- Also, we have been asked by many rated from their children. Something is ter, my mother-in-law, to safety. Americans over the last few weeks in terribly, terribly wrong here. particular a common question as Mem- b 1945 In America, we need to cry out, just bers of Congress: ‘‘What are you doing as these children are crying out, just as I built a life and raised a family here. to stop this?’’ We are pushing legisla- this young girl is crying out. We need Now I have children and grandchildren tion. We are out on the streets. We are to cry out in moral outrage and say to of my own. What would it be like to organizing rallies. We are doing every the President, Stop it. Stop it now. It have them torn from my arms if I tried single thing that we can to change is wrong. It is immoral. And it is un- to provide them safety? this, to end it. American. Stop it. The American Conference of Catholic I want to say thank you to my col- One phone call is all it takes. Change Bishops is very clear. It is immoral, leagues that were with me yesterday. the policy. and it is wrong. There is no greater There is much to be said. We could Thank you also to NANCY PELOSI and moral obligation that we have than to talk about the laws, we could talk the members of the Congressional His- care for the children of this world. about how we could change it, we could panic Caucus who visited San Diego; to Clearly, ripping children from the arms talk about border control, we could BETO O’ROURKE and JOE KENNEDY, who of their parents is completely unac- talk about walls, we could talk about were in Tonillo near the tent cities, ceptable. new judges, we could talk about law- near El Paso; to FRANK PALLONE, This President is too much of a cow- yers, but at the bottom of this issue is HAKEEM JEFFRIES, and JERRY NADLER ard to take responsibility for his ac- a common issue of morality. who were out in the New York-New tions. The President has power to stop Back away for a moment. Think Jersey area; and DEBBIE WASSERMAN this abhorrent policy right now. We, in about your childhood. Think about SCHULTZ and others who were in Flor- Congress, will fight to keep families to- that moment when you had your moth- ida. gether. er’s hand and you were 4 years old and Thank you to the folks in the Senate The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- you were walking in the mall. Think who also made a trip to McAllen, and tleman will suspend. back to your childhood and think of to Senator MERKLEY, without whose Members are reminded not to engage that moment, and there is probably not help and support a few weeks ago in in personalities toward the President. a one of us who hasn’t experienced this, Brownsville, this issue would not near- Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I when that hand wasn’t there, and we ly have had the same amount of atten- yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. looked around in panic, and we had lost tion. CASTRO). our mother and we were alone and we This year marks 50 years since we Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I were in a strange place. Is there one of lost two titans in American history, thank Congressman GARAMENDI for his us anywhere that at some moment in Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. passion and his profound words on this our early life reached out and mother’s Kennedy. Fifty-two years ago, in a fa- very difficult subject, not only for hand was not there? mous speech that he gave in South Af- Mr. President, your policies did that Members of the United States Con- rica on their Day of Affirmation, Sen- to this young woman and 2,300 others, gress, but also for many Americans ator Robert F. Kennedy said back then: crying out for their mother. across the country. ‘‘Moral courage is a rarer commodity This is not American. This is not I had an opportunity yesterday, than bravery in battle or great intel- right. It is immoral and it is un-Amer- along with several other Members of ligence. Yet it is the one essential, ican at its very heart and its very foun- Congress, including BENNIE THOMPSON, vital quality for those who seek to dation. the ranking Democratic Member on the change a world that yields most pain- Mr. Speaker, joining me tonight are Homeland Security Committee; SHEILA fully to change.’’ some of my colleagues who share the JACKSON LEE; FREDERICA WILSON; BEN What we are asking is for this Con- same concern. My colleague from the RAY LUJA´ N; and FILEMON VELA, to visit gress to have the moral courage to lis- district next to me has joined me. two sites where these young kids are ten to the American people and do Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman being kept in the Rio Grande Valley in right by these immigrants. from California (Mr. MCNERNEY). Texas—one of them, Casa Padre; the Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I other one, Casa Presidente. thank the gentleman for his comments thank the gentleman for yielding. He is When we were there, I and a few and would ask him a question. The gen- a neighbor and a friend and a col- other Members of Congress met two tleman said he visited one of the shel- league, and I appreciate his passion to- young children who were being held ters, and there were babies, babies a night, and I think I am going to share without their parents. They were sepa- few months old. that a little bit. rated from their parents. Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Yes, we went Mr. Speaker, I normally focus on pol- One of them was named Roger, an 8- into the shelter, and we visited two of icy. I came here to try to get things month-old boy—8 months old. The ad- them. At one of them, there were about done for the people who sent me here ministrators told us that his mother is four or five infants. They had some- to Washington. actually deceased, and they believe thing called an infants room. At least

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I have heard other are confronted with right now here in their parents or their family members pundits wrongly say migrant parents the United States of America. I thank were nowhere to be found, and that this are breaking the law and deserve to him for his leadership. is now standard government practice have their children taken away. Mr. Speaker, I just came back from under the Trump administration. Attorney General Jeff Beauregard the border this morning, and I am Mr. GARAMENDI. So any age, lit- Sessions even trotted out the Bible to heartbroken. I am emotionally drained, erally, 4-, 5-, 6-month-old babies taken defend the family-separation policy, and I am saddened for this country, the from their mothers? quoting a passage that says ‘‘to obey United States of America. Who would Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Absolutely. In the laws of the government because have ever thought, in the greatest, fact, when we went into the second God has ordained the government for most powerful, richest country in the center, we asked them: ‘‘Well, who is his purposes.’’ world, that we would be tearing kids held here?’’ And the administrator That is the same scripture that they apart from their mother and their fa- said: ‘‘Children between zero and 12 used for slave-owners against their ther and putting them in cages? years, and the youngest one we have slaves, to defend their practice of hold- b 2000 right now is 8 months.’’ ing human beings in bondage. That is not the America that I know. Mr. GARAMENDI. There is some- So let me answer Attorney General I came to this country when I was 8 thing incredibly immoral. I thank the Beauregard Sessions and the Trump ad- years old. I crossed that same border gentleman for traveling to bring the ministration’s goons: Legal does not that I visited. My parents came here in reality back to the House of Represent- mean moral. pursuit of the American Dream. They atives. It is really important, and I Slavery was legal, but it was im- came here because they knew if they thank him very much for doing that. moral. Jim Crow was legal, but it was worked hard and sacrificed that they Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman immoral. Forced sterilization was would have a shot at the American from New Jersey for joining us this legal, but it was immoral. Apartheid Dream. evening. I yield to the gentleman from was legal, but it was immoral. Tearing That is all these kids and these fami- New Jersey (Mr. PAYNE). children away from their parents at lies want, and just being there at the Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the border may be legal, but it is im- border and looking at those mothers Mr. GARAMENDI, once again, for step- moral. straight in the eyes and them looking ping out and giving Members such as The President could end this evil back at you with watery eyes, asking myself the opportunity to express our with one tweet. Congress can end it for help, this is not a Republican or outrage at what is going on in this with a vote. Let us hope that reason- Democrat issue. This is a humanitarian great Nation of ours. The gentleman able people steer the ship of the state issue. This is about the future of Amer- has given me several opportunities to onto the right course before the seas of ica. This is about humanity. This is speak on issues pertaining to this despair consume us all. about kids. And it hurts me to see that country that are at the core of deci- Mr. Speaker, I say to the gentleman in the United States of America we are sions and issues that we need to ad- from California, let me just say that, putting these same kids in cages. dress, and his passion tonight is war- as I thought about this, the gentleman We made a call to the President to ranted. has been in this body much longer than rescind this zero tolerance policy be- Let me say, never in my life did I I and has seen people come and go, cause we want to keep these families think that I would be on the floor of great people on both sides of the aisle together. These are not criminals. the United States House of Representa- that the gentleman has worked with. These are innocent families who are tives calling for the President of the Well, let me just say, what has hap- leaving persecution, who are trying to United States to stop tearing children pened? What has happened to that side achieve a better life for their kids. away from their parents. Yet here I of the aisle? What is going on with our Any family, any parent in the coun- am. colleagues on the other side of the aisle try or anywhere else seeking a better Perhaps it is fitting that today is that they do not speak up? They all life for their kids would do everything Juneteenth, a holiday to commemorate have children. and anything to pursue a better life for the end of slavery in the United States. I would die for my triplets getting their kids. Juneteenth is also a stark reminder here if I was in a position where I So I am disappointed in our Presi- that our country has a dark history of thought that my life and my children’s dent. I am disappointed in my col- ripping children away from their par- lives were in danger where I was. You leagues who refuse to speak up when ents. had better believe I would come up we are seeing these images on TV of African Americans know all too well here and try to get into this Nation. children in cages being treated like that laws and policies can be twisted to We would all do that for our children. animals. That is not the America that evil ends. We know all too well the Yet these people are criminals? It I know. That is not the America that pain of having our children torn away baffles the mind. gave me and my family an opportunity from us and our families separated. It I know that time is fleeting, but I to succeed. was a common event during slavery. have seen the GOP come up with a new So, Mr. Speaker, I got emotional yes- We know all too well that state-spon- nonprofit through this whole endeavor. terday being there at the border and sored psychological terror can have They have created a new nonprofit, sir. remembering very vividly those mo- lasting effects on generations. It is called ‘‘Cage the Children.’’ ments when my family crossed the bor- What is going on at our south border Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, the der. I remember it as if it was just yes- is evil. It is a deplorable policy by de- gentleman speaks about the laws and terday. And I couldn’t help but think plorable people, and it has to stop. about the potential, and every member that if somebody were to take me away The president of the American Acad- of the Democratic Caucus has now from my father and mother at that pre- emy of Pediatrics has explained that signed on to be a coauthor of the legis- cise moment, what would I do? Who the practice of ripping children away lation, Keep the Families Together would I trust? Where would I go? I from their parents at the border is Act. It would end immediately the sep- couldn’t even speak a word of English. child abuse. Let me emphasize, one of aration of families that has now taken I was 8 years old. I needed that love the country’s leading pediatricians has 2,300 children away from their parents. and those hugs from my mother and said that the United States is engaging Mr. Speaker, joining us tonight is the my father. in horrible actions that ‘‘disrupt the Representative from the city of Las So today I came back and I made a synapses and the neurological connec- Vegas, Nevada. I thank him for joining promise that I would fight for these

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His policy that cages Good news that often in this 24/7 media place. children as though they were animals. cycle goes unnoticed, unremarked. So I am here to call on the President His policy that puts the fear into a b 2015 to rescind the zero tolerance policy child. that is cruel, inhumane, and un-Amer- It is the President’s policy, not the It is the good news of legislation that ican. law, that caused this young child to works. It is the good news that creates Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. KIHUEN, I cry out for her mother and for the po- a growing and rising tide of economic don’t want you to stop. I want you to lice to stand over her. prosperity for all families, including, stay strong. I want your voice to be The Attorney General says it is the most importantly, the children of fam- heard. I want your experiences to be law. It is not the law. It is his policy, ilies who rely on their parents’ income known. together with the President’s policy, in a growing economy. Eight years old, coming to America that has created this humanitarian cri- I am here tonight to talk about the with your parents. In this room, there sis in the United States of America. It unheralded success of something called are very few who would share such an must end. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Rarely has experience, who could understand first Martin Luther King—who was killed, one piece of legislation been so success- the excitement of being in America, murdered, assassinated 50 years ago— ful so quickly, and rarely have so and then the potential terror of being from the Birmingham jail spoke about many, at least on one side of the aisle, taken from your parents. justice and the law in his letter from predicted its success with so much ac- I want you to make your voice heard the Birmingham jail. curacy. We are now, according to a number of because it is the voice of experience. It So, Mr. Attorney General Beauregard analysts, including the Atlanta Federal is the voice of a recent family coming Sessions, listen to what he had to say. Reserve, set to grow at over 4 percent to America. He said: ‘‘A just law is a manmade code the next quarter. Consider that over So as we go through these days, that squares with the moral law or the the last decade, if not longer, we have please come to the floor, tell the expe- law of God.’’ barely been able to scratch the surface rience again, not only of your family, He went on to argue: ‘‘An unjust law at 2 percent GDP growth. but also what you saw in those shel- is a code that is out of harmony with Now, after the Tax Cuts and Jobs ters, in those cages. the moral law.’’ Act, after more investment in America, Will the gentleman do that? And how should justice be defined? after more repatriation of profits com- Mr. KIHUEN. I will. He answered this way: ‘‘Any law that ing home to invest, after labor and cap- Mr. GARAMENDI. I am quite certain uplifts human personality is just. Any ital coming together because our Tax that across this country, every one of law that degrades human personality is Code now incentivizes labor and capital the 430-some Members of Congress saw unjust.’’ to come together, we are seeing wages this photo. Probably most have heard Mr. Attorney General, by the words going up. the audio recording of young children of Martin Luther King, your defense of We are seeing more capital invest- just like this calling out for their what you say is the law is unjust, it is ment. We are seeing bigger paychecks. mommy or daddy, papa. immoral, and it is not the law of God. We are seeing economic growth over 4 I suspect many of us have seen the My wife, Patty, has what she calls percent. We are seeing utility compa- pictures of young children, 3, 4, 5 with cradle songs, songs that she sung to nies offer rebates under the Tax Cuts a Sharpie telephone number on their our children as they were young and and Jobs Act because they have to pass chest so that if somehow they were growing. through the savings they got from tax separated, there would be someone to One of those was written by Bobby reform to customers. contact. Dylan, Blowin’ in the Wind: I am certain that every Member, 430- It is remarkable how so many of our Yes, and how many times can a man turn his plus of us, plus the Senate, that was a friends in the fourth estate seem to head have forgotten all the warnings about child, that at some point in their life, Pretending that he just doesn’t see? when they were young, 3, 4, 5 years of Yes, and how many ears must one man have tax reform and tax relief. Oh, I remem- age, they were separated from their Before he can hear people cry? ber it well, Mr. Speaker. Last fall, last winter: This is going to be crumbs. It is parent. And I am absolutely certain And, Mr. President and Mr. Attorney going to be Armageddon. It is going to that each one of us knows the terror of General, the opening line of that song be a disaster if we pass the greatest tax that moment. is this: And most of us are now parents. Most reform in over 3 decades. How many roads must a man walk down Now, some of us on the other side of of us are now parents, and we know the Before you call him a man? terror of a child who has disappeared, the aisle, the Republican side of the Mr. Speaker, I yield back. wandered off. aisle, said: ‘‘Wait a minute.’’ Secretary The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- I don’t believe there is one of us that of the Treasury Andrew Mellon under bers are reminded to direct their re- knows the terror of this mother whose Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s first em- marks to the Chair. child was taken away by American po- barked on increasing the return for lice; the awesome power of this govern- f labor for capital investment, for eco- ment imposed upon that young woman, nomic growth. What happened in the SUCCESS OF THE TAX CUTS AND Roaring Twenties? It led to a balanced a mother, taken from her child. JOBS ACT Is there one of us? Is there one of us budget. Then, of course, in the 1960s— that has endured that police power? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under and this is what my colleagues on the Okay. I get emotional about this be- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- other side of the aisle seem to forget— cause I am a parent. uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Min- old-school Democrats like John F. Ken- No. I don’t know the terror of the po- nesota (Mr. LEWIS) is recognized for 60 nedy went to The Economic Club of lice state taking my child away. I don’t minutes as the designee of the major- New York in 1962 and said: know that. But I know the terror of ity leader. What this economy needs in 1962 to break that child who has wandered off. GENERAL LEAVE out of the doldrums is a tax cut. This is a policy that has been im- Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota. Mr. Speak- JFK said in that famous speech: ‘‘Our posed upon parents and their children er, I ask unanimous consent that all practical choice is not between a tax- by the President. This is not a law that Members have 5 legislative days to re- cut deficit and a budgetary surplus. It requires this kind of cruelty. There is vise and extend their remarks. is between two kinds of deficits: a

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