H5370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 this has happened are complicit in this Nielsen brazenly told the American COMMUNICATION FROM COMMU- policy. people that there was no policy of fam- NITY LIAISON, THE HONORABLE Now, today, we will take up two ily separation. Then she reversed and ANDY HARRIS, MEMBER OF CON- pieces of legislation, neither of which said there was a policy, but she is not GRESS deal substantially with the immigra- going to apologize for defending it. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- tion problem. Then she reversed again and said it is fore the House the following commu- My God in Heaven, let’s get this actually not a policy, that only Con- nication from John Wingrove, Commu- done. gress can change the laws on it. nity Liaison, the Honorable ANDY HAR- f Yesterday, the executive order by RIS, Member of Congress: Donald Trump puts her statements ENDING ALZHEIMER’S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, very clearly in the spotlight as all lies. Washington, DC, June 19, 2018. (Ms. DELAURO asked and was given Her credibility has been shredded. She Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, permission to address the House for 1 needs to resign. Speaker, House of Representatives, minute and to revise and extend her re- By the way, there are 2,300 babies and Washington, DC. marks.) children still separated from their DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, on the mothers and fathers. That is evil. That formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules summer solstice, Alzheimer’s disease is sinful. We need to know where those of the House of Representatives, that I have advocates do what they love: From children are and how we are going to been served with a subpoena for testimony sunrise to sunset, they hike, they bike, issued by the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s reunite them. County, Maryland. they sing, and they run in order to Mr. Speaker, 20 days ago, I led a let- After consultation with the Office of Gen- raise funds and awareness about the in- ter to Secretary Nielsen, along with eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- discriminate and crippling disease. other Members of Congress, asking ance with the subpoena is consistent with They do so on the longest day to sym- very basic questions: the privileges and rights of the House. bolize the challenges the 5.7 million How do you make sure that some of Sincerely, Americans living with this deadly dis- those kids are not put with child mo- JOHN WINGROVE, ease face from sunrise to sunset. lesters? Community Liaison. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause How do you make sure we reunite f of death. It kills more than breast can- those kids with their parents? COMMUNICATION FROM THE cer and prostate cancer combined. She still has been unable to answer CLERK OF THE HOUSE We have an obligation to do every- those questions. She needs to go. She thing we can to understand this disease needs to resign. She is a national em- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- so that we can cure it, which is why we barrassment, and she is executing an fore the House the following commu- and I work to increase funding at the evil policy. nication from the Clerk of the House of National Institutes of Health. One Representatives: f breakthrough there can save millions OFFICE OF THE CLERK, of lives over generations and can find HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, cures for this disease, which as many b 1015 Washington, DC, June 21, 2018. HON. PAUL D. RYAN, as 16 million Americans could live with MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL by 2050. The Speaker, House of Representatives, Every day, from sunrise to sunset, I (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given Washington, DC. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pusuant to the permis- am proud to stand with all those fight- permission to address the House for 1 minute.) sion granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the ing this deadly disease and all those Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, who are fighting with them. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I stand the Clerk received the following message Mr. Speaker, together, we will end today in solidarity with the workers from the Secretary of the Senate on June 21, Alzheimer’s. who have paid in for years to have re- 2018, at 9:31 a.m.: tirement security only to have the rug f That the Senate passed with an amend- pulled out from under them. Mondelez ment H.R. 770. IMMIGRATION International, the maker of iconic Na- Appointment: (Ms. BARRAGA´ N asked and was bisco products, like Oreo cookies, has, United States Commission on Inter- in recent years, moved hundreds of national Religious Freedom. given permission to address the House With best wishes, I am for 1 minute and to revise and extend good-paying middle class jobs to Mex- Sincerely, her remarks.) ico. Now they have doubled down on KAREN L. HAAS. Ms. BARRAGA´ N. Mr. Speaker, yes- shafting their U.S. employees. f terday President Trump signed an ex- On May 23, Mondelez-Nabisco an- ecutive order, an order that he said was nounced it would withdraw from their RECESS to stop separation of families at the employees’ pension plan. How nice. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- border. This is a policy that he caused, They have participated in this plan for ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair and he has now taken a victory lap. It 60 years. This decision jeopardizes the declares the House in recess for a pe- is ridiculous. hard-earned retirement security of riod of less than 15 minutes. My response: To stop family separa- 110,000 current and future retirees. Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 18 tion once and for all, President Trump This decision comes at the same time minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- must end his failed zero-tolerance pol- that this corporation, Mondelez, paid cess. icy. Replacing family separation with its new CEO, Dirk Van de Put, $42.4 f indefinite family detention is not the million for 41 days of work in 2017. solution. We cannot continue to over- I would be remiss if I didn’t mention b 1030 Mondelez reaped millions of dollars in whelm our immigration system and in- AFTER RECESS carcerate families who pose no threat tax breaks as a result of the passage of to the United States to please immi- the recent Trump tax cuts. The recess having expired, the House gration hardliners. Since 2014, Mondelez has increasingly was called to order by the Speaker pro f shifted production from the U.S. to tempore (Mr. SIMPSON) at 10 o’clock Mexico and taken major jobs with it. and 30 minutes a.m. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY On December 15, I wrote a letter to f NIELSEN the United States Trade Representa- (Mr. TED LIEU of California asked tive asking them, in the context of PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION and was given permission to address NAFTA, to prioritize strong, enforce- OF H.R. 4760, SECURING AMER- the House for 1 minute.) able labor provisions to discourage this ICA’S FUTURE ACT OF 2018 Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. kind of outsourcing to Mexico. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, by di- Speaker, Homeland Security Secretary Mr. Speaker, this is an epidemic. rection of the Committee on Rules, I

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.010 H21JNPT1 June 21, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5371 call up House Resolution 954 and ask forts along the southern border are be- to a temporary separation of parents for its immediate consideration. tween 20 and 60 years old. America is a and children, a father and a grand- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Nation built and continually supported mother in the 26th District of Texas lows: by immigrants. However, the world has will never be reunited with their H. RES. 954 changed and how we accept new immi- daughter and granddaughter. Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- grants may adapt as well. Kate’s Law enhances criminal pen- lution it shall be in order to consider in the H.R. 4760 begins the process of re- alties for multiple illegal reentry to House the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immi- forming our immigration system for help prevent future tragedies. Inclusion gration laws and the homeland security the first time in decades, and I encour- of this provision will reduce the possi- laws, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are age the passage of the rule to consider bility of the tragic killing of American waived. The amendments printed in the re- this important bill. citizens. port of the Committee on Rules accom- The Securing America’s Future Act Finally, the bill provides for a 3-year panying this resolution shall be considered refocuses legal immigration for the renewable legal status for Deferred Ac- as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be skills that our country needs. It also tion for Childhood Arrival recipients considered as read. All points of order secures our border, strengthens inte- that allows them to work and travel against provisions in the bill, as amended, rior enforcement, and makes changes overseas. This will apply to approxi- are waived. The previous question shall be to the Deferred Action for Childhood mately 700,000 individuals who are cur- considered as ordered on the bill, as amend- rently in the United States. While it ed, and on any further amendment thereto, Arrivals program. The diversity visa to final passage without intervening motion lottery program, which awards 50,000 was not the fault of these then-children except: (1) one hour of debate, with 40 min- green cards to a randomly selected pool that they entered the country without utes equally divided and controlled by the of applicants, is eliminated, along with legal documentation, the fact of the chair and ranking minority member of the visas for relatives except for spouses matter is that they are here now and Committee on the Judiciary and 20 minutes and minor children. Overall, immigra- we need a solution. equally divided and controlled by the chair tion levels are decreased, while visas While I do not support an expedited and ranking minority member of the Com- for skilled workers are increased and path to citizenship, I do support allow- mittee on Homeland Security; and (2) one ing them to get in line and apply just motion to recommit with or without instruc- the agricultural guest worker program tions. is reformed to better meet the needs of like any other law-abiding potential immigrant. The bill does not allow for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- our farmers and food processors. Construction of a border wall system a special path to citizenship. However, tleman from Texas is recognized for 1 is authorized, including the use of addi- it does allow the Deferred Action for hour. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, for the tional cameras, sensors, and aviation Childhood Arrival recipient to obtain a purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- assets. Recently, President Trump ap- green card and apply for citizenship tomary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman proved the use of the National Guard like any other law-abiding applicant. along the border, increasing capacity Recently, we have heard a lot about from California (Mrs. TORRES), pending the enforcement policies along the which I yield myself such time as I by over 1,100 personnel and 14 aircraft. southern border. Mr. Speaker, this cri- may consume. During consideration of This bill would also authorize the use sis is not new. In 2014, the number of this resolution, all time yielded is for of the National Guard aviation and in- unaccompanied alien children in- the purpose of debate only. telligence support. It requires full im- plementation of the biometric entry- creased exponentially and reached cri- GENERAL LEAVE sis levels. It remained steadily above Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask exit system at all ports of entry and 400,000 apprehensions from 2013 until unanimous consent that all Members provides for 10,000 border patrol agents the present. may have 5 legislative days to revise and officers. To strengthen interior enforcement, During a visit by the Honduran First and extend their remarks. Lady in 2014, she was asked if Honduras The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the bill mandates E-Verify so that all wanted their children back, and with- objection to the request of the gen- employers check the immigration sta- out hesitation, she responded that they tleman from Texas? tus of their employees. It combats There was no objection. sanctuary city policies by withholding did. So a planeload of women and chil- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, House law enforcement grants and allows the dren was sent back to Honduras that Resolution 954 provides for the consid- Department of Homeland Security to resulted in an immediate reduction in eration of a bill aimed at curbing the detain dangerous, illegal immigrants the attempted crossings of unaccom- flow of illegal immigration across our who cannot be immediately removed panied alien children. However, be- southern border by combining a strong from the country. cause there was no follow-on enforce- border wall and security measures with Many illegal immigrants without ment actions, the numbers again began targeted modifications to the current legal status claim asylum when appre- to increase, reaching above 563,000 in immigration visa process. hended by border agents. While there 2016. The rule provides for one hour of de- are legitimate claims of fear of perse- In the lead-up to the 2010 election, bate on H.R. 4760, the Securing Amer- cution, there are also instances of im- the numbers increased, because then- ica’s Future Act of 2018, with 40 min- migrants being coached to say the cor- candidate Trump spoke about securing utes equally divided and controlled by rect phrase to obtain asylum. To com- our border with a wall that would fi- the Committee on the Judiciary and 20 bat this fraud, the bill increases the nally end the possibility of illegal minutes controlled by the Committee credible fear standard. It also makes entry along our southern border. When on Homeland Security. being a gang member a removable of- candidate Trump became President- The rule provides for the adoption of fense and qualifies illegal presence as a elect Trump, this number dramatically the Goodlatte amendment reflecting a Federal misdemeanor. decreased because potential immi- number of provisions, which were nego- In 2015, Kate Steinle was killed by an grants believed that construction of tiated with numerous parties since the immigrant without status while walk- the border wall was imminent. bill was first introduced in January of ing with her father in San Francisco. As a Member of Congress rep- this year. This amendment will be in- The man responsible for her death had resenting a border State, I have main- corporated into H.R. 4760 upon adop- been deported multiple times and tained regular contact with Customs tion of the rule today. should never have been in the country and Border Protection and the Immi- It also includes the McCaul amend- on that day. gration and Customs Enforcement offi- ment, which makes technical correc- Constituents of the 26th District of cials. What we heard during this pe- tions to the underlying bill. Texas experienced a similar tragedy in riod, 2016, was that immigrants cross- Further, the rule provides the minor- 2013 when a young girl in a crosswalk ing the border illegally wanted to get ity with one motion to recommit with was struck and killed by someone in into the country before the possibility or without instructions. the country without legal status. of a Trump election occurred and could The laws and legal agreement cur- While the recent enforcement poli- direct construction of the border wall. rently governing our enforcement ef- cies along our southern border have led They were under the impression that if

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.015 H21JNPT1 H5372 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 you crossed our border, at a point of there, a big bus. They stopped, they To address this concern, I introduced entry or illegally, you would be grant- flashed their lights, they honked their the Unaccompanied Alien Children As- ed amnesty and welcomed into the horn, and the bus filled up with people. sistance Control Act, and I offered this country. While we do welcome legal The bus went off to town, bouncing bill as an amendment to H.R. 4760. immigrants, this perception led to only across this dusty road, and I remained Simply put, this bill would reduce for- more vulnerable children being en- back with the Customs and Border Pa- eign aid allocations to Mexico, Hon- trusted by parents to human traf- trol. duras, El Salvador, and Guatemala by fickers, typically for large sums of Then a State agent came up, some- $15,000 per child to each country if money, to bring their children to the one from Fish and Wildlife, and said: I their child crosses the border illegally United States. need help. I have got people over here or if they are referred to the Office of On this journey, children could expe- that I think belong in your jurisdiction Refugee Resettlement for custody and rience harsh conditions. Some were because you are the Federal Govern- care. abused physically, sexually, and emo- ment. While this may not seem like a lot, tionally. And this abuse is not a threat And Customs and Border Patrol went the reality is that each child cared for just from the adults that are supposed over to the area that he had pointed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement to care for them, but also it can occur out, and here were a number of women, costs the American taxpayer about from their fellow travelers. A lot of small children, and teenage boys. They $35,000. Even Attorney General Ses- these kids are just trying to survive, had come across the river, delivered by sions has stated that the care these trying to make it to a life where they traffickers, just literally on the other children receive is better than the av- may one day thrive, but this existence side of the river, and dropped there. erage American child. is often all they have known, and they They had no idea what was the direc- While we cannot leave children with- react in a way that reflects this re- tion to town. They were not equipped out care, we must recognize that ality. to travel in the harsh conditions. It prioritizing alien children over our own While there is a concern about chil- was probably 110 degrees outside that sends the wrong message. Removing dren arriving with parents who are day. Small children, children, babes in that $15,000 of foreign aid per child will then prosecuted for illegal entry and arms, probably 1 year of age or less: send a message to Mexican and North- subsequently placed in the custody of this is what the traffickers left on the ern Triangle leaders that our accepting the Health and Human Services Office side of the river. their children will not be without cost Had the Fish and Wildlife Service not of Refugee Resettlement, numerous to them. children never get to make this jour- come by and the U.S. Customs and Bor- As we all know, Mr. Speaker, if you ney with their parents or even rel- der Patrol not come by, I don’t know want to make it important, it has to be how these people would have made it to atives. Many adults are now bringing about the money. nonrelated children with them in an town. And it is quite possible they Unfortunately, the accountability in attempt to be released into the United would not have made it safely. these countries is poor, and the use of So the situation along the southern States because of their association funds largely goes unchecked. They border is not just a border crisis, it is with a child that cannot, because of rely on American aid, and we must en- also an immigration crisis. Attorney the Flores Agreement from 1997, be sure that it is being used appropriately General Sessions announced a zero-tol- held in custody. erance policy to finally and fully en- and wisely to combat the forces that When the influx of unaccompanied force our laws. I believe he did this so are driving their future generations—it alien children began exceeding the ca- that Americans and immigrants alike is their future—away from their own pacity of the Office of Refugee Reset- would recognize and remember that we countries. tlement, I traveled to the border area are a Nation of laws, and also to dem- By withholding funding in the face of specifically to visit these facilities. I onstrate that the dangerous journey to rampant corruption, we not only pro- engaged with the Office of Refugee Re- our southern border is sometimes not vide a potential funding stream for settlement to fully understand the care worth the risk and the struggle re- President Trump’s proposed border sys- that these children were receiving in quired to make it within just a few tem, but we send a signal that we will 2014, 2015, and 2016. The Office of Ref- miles of a fence. not willingly deprive the children and ugee Resettlement responded to my The ebb and flow of border crossings desperate immigrants of the life they concerns about threats of commu- has consistently reflected the rhetoric desire and need in their countries of or- nicable diseases from foreign countries of American leadership and perception igin. being brought to our homeland. Mr. of enforcement of our laws. The rate of The best place for a child and a fam- Speaker, there was not even a physi- border crossings rapidly increased in ily is their home. Because of the condi- cian employed in the Office of Refugee the last year because there has been no tion in the Northern Triangle coun- Resettlement in 2014 before I raised significant visible action by the Con- tries, home for many children is now a this issue. gress to President Trump’s request for stark facility along a foreign border. The issue became a concern because a border wall. However, this is not the It is time to take steps that would there were members of Customs and only factor. not only strengthen our immigration Border Control that actually felt that It is no secret that countries in what laws for the security of American citi- they were perhaps developing a condi- are called the northern triangle, Hon- zens, but is in the interest of restoring tion as a result of contact with people duras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, are and maintaining the home from which because of a skin parasite that was eas- some of the most dangerous countries many would-be immigrants try to es- ily communicated. And the question in the world. Yet, these countries re- cape. arose, could other diseases be commu- ceive millions of dollars of aid each Congress has not successfully re- nicated as well? And people were right- year for economic development, for formed our immigration laws in dec- fully concerned about that. It is not military financing, and security ades. It is time to begin that debate to just an illness like scabies; it is an initiatives. align our immigration system with issue like multiple-drug-resistant tu- current realities. For this reason, I en- berculosis that people were most con- b 1045 courage the adoption of the rule to cerned about. This funding rapidly increased to begin consideration of H.R. 4760, Secur- While treatment in facilities has more than $600 million each year begin- ing America’s Future Act. vastly improved in the last couple of ning in fiscal year 2014, mostly in re- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to years, the path by which immigrants sponse to the growing crisis with unac- support today’s rule, and I reserve the come here is still dangerous. On one of companied alien children. So I think it balance of my time. my visits near the border at McAllen, is appropriate to ask ourselves, is the Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield Texas, I traveled with border patrol funding being allocated in a way that myself such time as I may consume, agents along a cactus-strewn, dusty will help improve domestic conditions and I thank the gentleman from Texas road, mesquite bushes growing in from on the ground and reduce the desire to (Mr. BURGESS) for yielding me the cus- the sides. They brought a bus down leave? tomary 30 minutes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.017 H21JNPT1 June 21, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5373 This rule makes in order H.R. 4760, native policy he ended for family mi- When did, Mr. Speaker, this barbaric, the so-called Securing America’s Fu- gration. xenophobic, anti-immigrant modern ture Act, and two amendments in the Conservative? Absolutely not. Cruel? agenda begin? Let’s go through it legislation. Inhumane? Absolutely, yes. quickly. Before I speak on the legislation, let Mr. Speaker, last night, during con- One, the birther issue: An embarrass- us consider why we are here today. sideration of this bill in the Rules ment to this country by the adminis- President Trump has created immigra- Committee, my colleagues and I of- tration, the head of the administra- tion crisis after immigration crisis. fered many fixes, which were all tion. President Trump is the reason Dream- blocked by this rule. My amendment to The Muslim ban: Imagine banning ers are at risk of deportation. Presi- replace the bill with the Keep Families people that profess a particular reli- dent Trump is the reason families are Together Act, which would have re- gion. being separated at our Nation’s bor- united families, was blocked. Third, Charlottesville: That debacle, ders. This is a Trump-manufactured Representative ROYBAL-ALLARD and equal opportunity. crisis, plain and simple. Representative POLIS joined me in of- Fourth, the incendiary talk that President Trump’s executive order, fering the Dream Act as an alternative, painted the entire Mexican popu- signed yesterday, does nothing to fix but that was blocked also. lation—our ally, probably our third or this. His order does nothing to reunite Another Rules Committee Member, fourth leading trade partner, our ally— the thousands of children separated Representative HASTINGS, and his with a wide brush of pure prejudice, from their parents. In fact, his order amendment to fix TPS, blocked. pure. He painted the entire population. directs his deportation force to now But not all amendments were To say that Democrats are for open jail families at the border, which is in blocked. Just like President Trump’s borders, that is a lie. You know it; I direct violation of current court or- executive order contained misspellings, know it. I am standing up to reject it. ders. It will lead to more family sepa- this bill contained a giant typo to give You sit quietly. You sit quietly and say ration, and the only difference now is President Trump an additional $100 bil- nothing. that families will wait 20 days before lion for his wall. I was on the original starting gate at being separated. So which is it? $25 billion? $100 bil- the Homeland Security after 9/11. I want every Member of this body lion? Are Mexicans going to pay for it? Democrats, just as well as Republicans, and everyone watching at home to What is it? worked together to put that together. imagine what it must be like. Imagine The committee has said that they are How dare anybody insinuate that we traveling thousands of miles to flee making this correction, and they did so don’t accept the security of this Na- some of the most dangerous countries in the middle of the night. But I doubt tion. in the world, countries with the high- President Trump would be happy to By the way, by the way, we have four est murder rates, and then, when you hear that, so we will wait and see. borders, not one. The people who at- finally think you are safe, having your If this truly is a mistake, these kinds tacked us on 9/11 came from Canada. child ripped away from you. of corrections could have been caught They didn’t come from Mexico. You In 1946 to 1948, during the Truman ad- if Democrats had been allowed to par- have never met a Mexican terrorist, ministration, human experiments were ticipate in this process, if we would and I certainly haven’t met one either. conducted in Guatemala. American have had a committee hearing. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- doctors infected mostly uneducated Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to bers are reminded to address their re- and indigenous people with syphilis. oppose this rule and this cruel legisla- marks to the Chair. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Today, in the Trump administration, tion now, and I reserve the balance of my time. myself 1 minute. we are forcing drugs in pill form and Mr. Speaker, I would just point out Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield injection on the indigenous children that, under current conditions, current myself 1 minute. seeking asylum. laws, the United States of America So this brings us to why we are here Mr. Speaker, this is not a crisis of takes in 1.1 million new citizens every today. Mr. Speaker, everyone watching President Trump’s making. Those of us year. We are the most generous coun- this debate should be crystal clear on who served here during the Bush ad- try on the face of the Earth. American what this bill does. This bill fails to ministration were aware that this was citizens should be rightly proud of solve the separation of families on our a problem. Certainly, those of us who served during the Obama administra- that. Nation’s border. It reduces legal immi- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tion were aware that this was a prob- gration. It fails to offer DACA recipi- my time. ents a path to citizenship. It adds $25 lem. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 billion to our growing wall of debt on When President Obama declared the minutes to the gentleman from Massa- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals top of the $2 trillion that we already chusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), the distin- added when Republicans voted for their in 2012, it was immediately followed, 2 guished ranking member of the Com- tax scam. years later, by the wave of unaccom- mittee on Rules. This bill makes it harder for those panied alien children who came to our seeking asylum to receive protection, southern border. This crisis has been a b 1100 and it fails to protect the 2,000 children long time in the making. Congress does Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, what who have already been separated from need to solve this problem. The Presi- we are doing here today is simply in- their parents. dent is quite correct in that. sane. Many will call this legislation the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of For 8 years, Republican leaders have more conservative option that the my time. blocked every attempt to debate bipar- House will consider today. But let us Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 tisan immigration bills. They blocked be clear, this bill is not conservative at minutes to the gentleman from New Senate-passed comprehensive immigra- all. Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL). tion reform. They blocked the bipar- After adding trillions to our Nation’s Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, Leviti- tisan Dream Act, which has 203 cospon- debt through the tax scam, Repub- cus Chapter 19: 33–34, in the Old Testa- sors. licans now are putting us in another ment—Democrats can quote the Bible Speaker RYAN has refused to consider $25 billion debt. Where are we going to also. As a practicing Catholic, let me the Dream Act, all while shedding croc- borrow this money from? do that. odile tears over the 700,000 Dreamers Remember, colleagues, President ‘‘When a foreigner resides among you for whom America is the only home Trump has declared a trade war with in your land, do not mistreat them. they know. Instead, he has held the China. What will happen if China de- The foreigner residing among you must Dreamers hostage, used them as bar- cides to cash in on that debt? be treated as your native-born. Love gaining chips, used them as leverage to In addition, President Trump’s fam- them as yourself, for you were for- waste tens of billions of taxpayer dol- ily jails will cost the American tax- eigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your lars on a senseless wall and to milita- payer 10 times more than the alter- God.’’ rize our southern border.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.018 H21JNPT1 H5374 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 Now, as our Nation is haunted by Mr. Speaker, I just remind people in was announced by Jeff Sessions is what imagines of children being ripped from this body that 10 years ago the Demo- brought us to this, and that had to their parents’ arms and by the sounds crats were in the majority. Indeed, come through the President. of their cries, Speaker RYAN decides then in the 2008 election that occurred Last night, at our Rules Committee, this is the time to bring two of the 10 years ago, they strengthened that I offered an amendment that would most hateful, bigoted, anti-immigrant majority. House Republican Members have provided a pathway to citizenship pieces of legislation I have ever seen to were so far in the minority as to be ir- for certain long-term temporary pro- the House floor for debate under a relevant in all exchanges. tected status holders. Not surprisingly, closed process—no amendments, no There was a 60-vote majority over in in this historically closed Congress, my committee hearings. the Senate. You may recall that is amendment was not made in order. This is a scandal, Mr. Speaker. Re- where the Affordable Care Act and Let me repeat that. This historically publicans should hide their faces in Dodd-Frank and other pieces of legisla- closed Congress—89 closed rules. Never shame. tion that I would have thought would in the history of this body have we had It didn’t have to be this way. If the never pass actually did pass in that en- as many closed rules. bipartisan queen-of-the-hill discharge vironment. As we discussed the need for Dream- petition was allowed to move forward, A question that I hear a lot is: Why ers to have a path to citizenship, which we could be having a real debate on im- didn’t Democrats do something about they must, I wanted to make sure that migration. We could take up these two the Dreamer problem when they con- those who are in our country under hyperpartisan anti-immigrant bills, trolled all the levers of power? And it temporary protected status are not and we could also consider two bipar- is a valid question. passed over and forgotten. They are tisan bills to protect the Dreamers, Senator DURBIN had a bill, as you from El Salvador. They are from Hon- namely, the Dream Act and the USA will recall, in that next session of Con- duras, Nicaragua, Nepal, Syria, Sudan, Act. gress that began in January of 2009. South Sudan, Somalia, and Haiti. These individuals are hardworking The petition was nearing 218 signa- Senator DURBIN had a bill to deal with taxpayers, many of whom have U.S.- tures, but Republicans couldn’t stand the Dreamer situation, and he worked born children or U.S. citizen spouses, considering anything they disagree on it all year. It never came up until and they contribute to our economy with. They couldn’t even stand debat- December of 2010. and our communities. They pay taxes, ing them. This rule will kill the dis- Now, you remember in November of and in myriad and dynamic ways they charge petition because Republicans 2010, actually, the majority changed in work at our airports and our service in- fear a fair fight. the House of Representatives and there This is an insult to this institution were enough Republicans elected that dustries, in our healthcare sector, and and to the many Members on both the Democrats would not be in the ma- on our construction sites. They are fathers, mothers, sisters, sides of the aisle who have waited so jority the next year. and brothers. They are members of our long to vote on these bills. So here we are in a so-called lame faith-based communities. And every The Rules Committee even came duck session of a party that is exiting single one of them, to a person, hails back at 10 p.m. for an emergency meet- power, and I think it was December 8 of from a country still recovering from ing to fix a so-called drafting error in that year that, in the House, the Demo- natural disasters, internal violence, or this bill. crats brought Senator DURBIN’s bill up both. Do you know what the drafting error and passed it on the House floor, as I will give you just one example. was? would be expected. They did have a sig- On January 12, 2010, Haiti was dev- $100 billion. That is right. Repub- nificant majority. astated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. licans almost accidentally gave Presi- They lost one vote over in the Sen- 1.5 million people were displaced, dent Trump $125 billion for his border ate, as I recall, and had 59 Democrats. 300,000 buildings were destroyed, and 8 wall instead of the $25 billion. That is Speaker PELOSI told me at a Rules years on, tens of thousands of people quite an error, although I am sure Committee hearing several months ago remain in camps. President Trump would have loved it. that it was then that the Republicans The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Oh, my God. This is what happens blocked that vote from happening in time of the gentleman has expired. when you jam bills through with no the Senate. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield hearings, no markups, no CBO score, But that is not exactly true. an additional 30 seconds to the gen- which would have caught this enor- Three Republicans voted with the tleman from Florida. mous mistake. Democrats on the Durbin bill. Five Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, then Mr. Speaker, the President’s execu- Democrats voted in the negative, and they had a hurricane. The hurricane tive order will only lead to keeping that is what killed the Durbin bill was the first category 4 hurricane to these children behind bars, some with when the Democrats controlled all le- hit Haiti in over half a century, claim- and some without their parents, in un- vers of power in 2010, the last time they ing 1,000 lives and displacing more than limited, indefinite detention. And did. 2 million people. these Republican bills turn this cruel Mr. Speaker, don’t blame this prob- Haiti, quite simply, continues to policy into the law of the land. lem on President Trump. It has been in climb out from the rubble of the earth- This is not a solution, Mr. Speaker; existence for some time, but it is up to quake, cholera outbreak, and Hurri- this is cruel and inhuman punishment. us to solve it. cane Matthew, and we in the United The President of the United States Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of States have tried to help them to do so, must stop his vicious approach on im- my time. as we should. migration. It is immoral. And he must Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 In its wisdom, the Trump administra- stop his hate peddling and he must stop minutes to the gentleman from Florida tion has decided to end TPS for Haiti his lies. (Mr. HASTINGS), a distinguished mem- and many other countries. Not only Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to ber of the Rules Committee. does this conclusion fly in the face of reject this rule that kills the discharge Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the facts as we know them, but it need- petition; reject this rule that kills any the gentlewoman for yielding me the lessly inflicts countless wounds on our hope for action on bipartisan immigra- time. communities and our families. tion bills. I say to my colleagues: Have Mr. Speaker, I would remind Mr. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield zero tolerance for this rule and have BURGESS that he has the levers of such time as he may consume to the zero tolerance for these bills. power now, and I predict that today, gentleman from Virginia (Mr. GOOD- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- the two measures that we are going to LATTE), the chairman of the Judiciary bers are reminded to refrain from en- be dealing with are not likely to reach Committee and the author of H.R. 4760. gaging in personalities toward the the President’s desk. Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I President. But none of this was happening 4 thank the gentleman from Texas for Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield months ago. None of this was hap- yielding me this time and for his hard myself 3 minutes. pening 2 months ago. But a policy that work on this issue as well.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.020 H21JNPT1 June 21, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5375 Mr. Speaker, this is a very good bill. nology. We have fences and some walls think they are unlawfully present and It is not something that was cooked up already. The fences have big holes in don’t want to have a system that un- overnight. This bill was introduced 6 them. People come with chain cutters covers that. months ago. It is based upon legisla- and cut holes through them in a mat- But this bill, applying prospectively tion that has passed out of the Judici- ter of seconds and go through them only—you don’t have to apply it to ary Committee in previous Congresses, when it is foggy there in San Diego or your current employees—works 99.7 and some of it in this Congress. It is a other times when they have that op- percent of the time. It is very, very ac- good effort to make sure that we are portunity. curate. And most importantly, it has a addressing all three aspects of immi- We need to have a more secure border safe harbor for both the worker and the gration law that need to be addressed. both with technology and with a wall employer. So that if you get a false It has a very good proposal with re- in some places and with the necessary positive, and if you are getting that gard to the DACA recipients. They get personnel to handle this, including not three-tenths of a percent of the time— a legal status permanently for the rest just Border Patrol, but the judges and that is still a significant number of of their lives, renewable every 3 years, other officers who are necessary to people when you use the E-Verify sys- as long as they don’t commit a crime. process people when they are appre- tem—the new law actually gives them And that is a statutory protection. hended. This is a very serious problem, a way to work out the catch-22 situa- That is not something that is subject and it is addressed in this legislation. tion that workers and employers find to court challenges. That is not some- We also need to move toward a merit- themselves in. thing that is subject to the whims of based immigration system. Because under the current law, we any President, past, present, or future. We have, as the gentleman from use the I–9 forms. Oftentimes, someone It is something that allows them, then, Texas has repeatedly noted, the most will look at it and say: I am not sure to avail themselves of existing path- generous immigration policy in the these are genuine documents. But if ways to citizenship, and it is some- world. We have tens of millions of peo- they refuse to hire the individual and thing that will allow them to work in ple who come to visit this country it turns out that they are genuine doc- the United States, live in the United every year: some to work, some to go uments, they can be sued for discrimi- States, own a business in the United to school, some to conduct business. nation. States, and travel in and out of the For more than 75 different categories And on the other hand, if they hire United States. of reasons they come here. the worker and it turns out they are I think it is a good first step in ad- We also have more than a dozen im- unlawfully present, they can be pros- dressing this situation. migrant visa categories that allow peo- ecuted for hiring someone unlawfully Secondly, the President has made it ple to come to the United States, and present in the United States. very clear, and people watching the we give out, on average, about 1.1 mil- And so the safe harbor says, you can news coverage know, the difficulties lion green cards a year to people who go ahead and hire that person until we that the administration—any adminis- go through the process lawfully. That work out whether it is a false positive tration, this administration, the is the most generous system in the or a false negative without that con- Obama administration, the Bush ad- world. We need to recognize that as we sequence, and only until we know that, ministration before it—has with laws do that, we have to move toward a sys- will you then have to not employ that that need to be corrected to make sure tem where we are meeting the needs of person. You will face no consequences that loopholes are not followed at our American citizens, as well, as we do it. in doing that. That is good for the border. Areas where we have shortages so worker and it is good for the employer We have, now, a waiting list of 600,000 that we can keep businesses in the as well. people applying for asylum. Histori- United States rather than having them When you do that—there is no doubt cally, asylum, which is a very good move elsewhere in the world where that there are sectors of our economy part of our immigration law, has been they can find the workers they need is where we have a lot of people who are granted to 5,000—some years, maybe as an important part of this. So elimi- not lawfully present in the United many as 10,000—people. nating things like the visa lottery, States working. And by far, the num- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the great where we give 55,000 green cards out for ber-one sector that is affected by that Soviet dissident, who wrote ‘‘The no good reason at all other than the is our agricultural workforce. There Gulag Archipelago,’’ got political asy- pure luck that people attain from that are some estimates that as many as 80 lum in the United States. But when ev- and instead use those to have a new or 90 percent of people working in agri- eryone who is apprehended coming system where we have the opportunity culture, beyond the actual family across the border illegally trying to to move towards a merit-based system, members who own a farm, are not law- avoid detection, when they are appre- which is not in this bill but should be fully present in this country. hended then says, ‘‘Oh, I am here for the successor to this bill, is an impor- Some estimate that more than 1 mil- political asylum,’’ and you create a tant thing to do. lion people who are working, are not backlog 600,000 people long and then I think that all of those measures are lawfully present in this country. they are released into the interior of contained in this legislation. I think it Wouldn’t it be great if we could turn the country and don’t return for their is very, very good legislation. that workforce into legal workers hearings in many, many, many in- But this bill contains two important where they have the opportunity to go stances, that is a very flawed aspect of provisions that are not in the second back and forth across the border, to go our immigration system. This bill ad- bill, and I want to particularly address home to where their family is without dresses that, as it does the problem those. the fear of being apprehended and pros- with unaccompanied minors. ecuted? Children 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 years of age, b 1115 That is what this bill does. It gives mostly young boys, coming across all First, we have in this bill the E- farmers a much more reliable work- of Mexico and then through the desert Verify program. This is a program, a force. It gives them a much better pro- or across the Rio Grande River and very fine program, that exists today. gram where they can self-certify, then thinking that this is an accept- More than 800,000 businesses use it. where the worker can come in for up to able thing for them to do to enter our Many large businesses use it. I would 2 years at a time. And in the dairy in- country, they need to be returned safe- bet that probably a majority of the dustry where they have no program at ly home, and the laws need to be re- people who process job applications all today, or in processing plants, raw- formed to accomplish that. today utilize it. But it is certainly not food processing plants, they have no We need to reform many other as- utilized by everybody. program at all today, we have the abil- pects of our border security laws, close As a consequence, it is not being to- ity to help those farmers. these loopholes. tally effective, because the people who This is an area of our economy that We need to have greater technology. aren’t using it either don’t want to is very much affected by international We need to have, along some segments know whether somebody is lawfully competition. It is exceedingly impor- of our border, improved wall tech- present in the United States, or they tant that we pass this legislation to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.021 H21JNPT1 H5376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 move immigration in the direction it Both do absolutely nothing to solve family separation policy, tearing chil- needs to move, and this is an enlight- the heartbreaking and horrific situa- dren away from their parents. ened way to do it. It is not a bad bill. tion for children on the border. Accord- Democrats reject this outrageous leg- It is a good bill for the American peo- ing to the United States Conference of islation and reject the Republicans’ at- ple. Catholic Bishops, both bills ‘‘perpet- tack on Dreamers, vulnerable children, Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, Chair- uate child detention and undermine ex- and families, and we reject your zero man GOODLATTE just clarified that his isting protections relating to such de- policy. It has no place. bill has been in print for 6 months. I tention.’’ I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on both of these thank the gentleman for clarifying. That is from the United States Con- bills in this rule and any subsequent The American people should know that ference of Catholic Bishops. Both of rules that come up. your real intention was to allocate $100 these bills fail to provide a permanent Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, may I million for the Trump wall, and it legislative fix for our Dreamers, selling inquire as to how much time I have re- wasn’t until we shined the light on out their American Dream to build the maining. that, that in the middle of the night President’s obscene border wall. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- the Republican caucus scrambled to re- Both are loaded full of every anti-im- tleman from Texas has 2 minutes re- duce that amount to $25 million. migrant provision imaginable, disman- maining. The gentlewoman from Cali- Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the tling legal family immigration, slam- fornia has 131⁄2 minutes remaining. gentlewoman from California (Ms. ming our doors to millions who have Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I re- PELOSI), the Democratic leader. followed the rules and have been wait- serve the balance of my time to close. Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank ing for years for a visa, and cutting off Ms. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 the gentlewoman for yielding and for the lifeline of asylum to countless vul- minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- her leadership on America. nerable refugees. fornia (Ms. BARRAGA´ N). I had the privilege of traveling with In terms of those refugees, in testi- Ms. BARRAGA´ N. Mr. Speaker, I rise her, under the leadership of our col- mony that was given at the House today in opposition to the Goodlatte leagues JUAN VARGAS and SUSAN DAVIS, Democratic Steering and Policy Com- bill and in opposition to the rule. to their districts earlier this week to mittee meeting that the Democrats Do you know how many Democrats see firsthand what was happening at had—the Republicans didn’t come—the were involved in crafting the Goodlatte the border. National Association of Evangelicals bill? Zero. If they had included Demo- So I come to the floor now with that testified that the United States Ref- crats, we could have told them that fresh information. And I come to the ugee Resettlement Program is the this bill does nothing to resolve the hu- floor as a mother of five children, crown jewel of American humani- manitarian crisis happening at the bor- grandmother of nine, who knows, as tarianism. der. many of you here who are parents And, yet, it is horrible what they do Do you know how many hearings we know and all of you here who are chil- in these bills to cut off the lifeline of had on the Goodlatte bill? Zero. If they dren know, the importance of the bond asylum to countless vulnerable refu- had included Democrats, we would between parent and child and how gees. have told them that this bill does noth- breaking that bond is outside the circle The Speaker’s bill carries out the ing to provide meaningful relief for of civilized human behavior. President’s family deportation agenda. Dreamers, and is dead on arrival in the Mr. Speaker, I want to quote a favor- It paves the way for long-term incar- Senate. ite President, I am sure of yours and ceration of families in prison-like con- How many Dreamers does this help many in this body, President Ronald ditions and the denial of basic health earn citizenship? Zero. Reagan. and safety protections for children. How many children does this bill put In his final days of the Presidency, The Republican plan is a family in- back in the arms of their parents? President Ronald Reagan said: ‘‘And carceration plan. It replaces one form Zero. since this is the last speech that I will of child abuse with another, and it bra- How much compromise does this bill give as President’’—my colleagues, I zenly violates children’s human rights. show people in need? Zero. want you to hear this because this is Why do Republicans think trauma- This administration likes to talk about Ronald Reagan. Maybe you don’t tized, terrified little children at the about zero tolerance. Well, we have want to hear it. Okay. They don’t want border do not deserve the same basic zero tolerance for this President’s anti- to hear it. respect that their own children do? immigration agenda and the Repub- President Ronald Reagan said: ‘‘And According to the American Academy licans who enable it. since this is the last speech that I will of Pediatrics, family detention poses Bottom line, Mr. Speaker, this bill is give as President, I think it’s fitting to serious dangers to children’s health a sham. It is the Republican’s attempt leave one final thought, an observation and can result in ‘‘lifelong con- to make it look like they want to help about a country which I love.’’ sequences for educational achievement, Dreamers, but, in reality, it is a non- President Reagan went on to say: economic productivity, health status, starter, and it is another heartless ac- ‘‘Yes, the torch of Lady Liberty sym- and longevity.’’ tion taken by this Congress. Oppose bolizes our freedom and represents our Congress should be working day and this bill. Oppose this rule. heritage, the compact with our par- night to protect vulnerable children. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I re- ents, our grandparents, and our ances- We should be working on legislation serve the balance of my time. tors. It is that lady who gives us our that protects Dreamers, keeps families Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 great and special place in the world.’’ together, and respects America’s herit- minutes to the gentleman from Mary- President Reagan went on to say: age as a land of newcomers, as spelled land (Mr. HOYER), the Democratic ‘‘For it’s the great life force of each out by President Reagan in his last whip. generation of new Americans that speech as President of the United Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank guarantees that America’s triumph States. the gentlewoman for yielding. shall continue unsurpassed into the These bills will not go anywhere in Mr. Speaker, these rules would mark next century and beyond.’’ the Senate. Yet, a vote for these bills is the capitulation by a large number of These are the words of President a vote to destroy the queen-of-the-hill Republicans who, for a time, reflected Ronald Reagan in the final days of his discharge petition, destroying the best the views of 86 percent of the American Presidency as he said in the ‘‘last chance this Congress has to provide a people and the hopes of the Dreamers speech that I will give as President.’’ bipartisan, permanent legislative fix those Americans support. If they vote Beautiful values. for Dreamers. for this pretense of reform and secu- Today, we are considering two Re- Republicans need to walk away from rity, they will have abandoned the publican bills that insult our Nation’s these bills. They need to call on the principles they mouthed and the people values and tarnish our heritage, as the President to rescind his family incar- who relied on their courage. President said, ‘‘as a beacon of freedom ceration policy, which is as much a Contrary to the Speaker and major- and opportunity.’’ stain on our Nation’s history as is his ity leader, the test for bringing bills to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.023 H21JNPT1 June 21, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5377 the floor must not be whether the bills. This is about the rule. For my a bipartisan bill to provide a pathway President, untethered to principle, friends on the other side of the aisle, to citizenship for Dreamers. would sign them, but whether they re- they need to understand that this is a Mr. Speaker, this has been a crazy flect the will of the people and this self-executing rule. When they vote week for sure. But one thing is clear: If House. ‘‘yes’’ on this rule, they are voting to we want to pass a fix for DACA, then The Speaker refuses to put options strip $100 billion from funding Presi- we need to come together and pass a bi- on the floor supported by, at one time, dent Trump’s wall. partisan bill. This previous question 247 Members of this House. Now, 240 Let me say that again. A vote for vote gives us the chance to do just Members have supported a rule to give this rule is a vote to take $100 billion that. Vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous ques- us four competing options to address out of building President Trump’s wall. tion and bring up the queen-of-the-hill the Trump-caused crisis. That number I want them to understand that they rule. may not comply with the Hastert rule, are going to have to go home and ex- Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield but it does comply with democracy. plain to their constituents why they 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman from Mis- And it would give the Speaker his op- voted to strip $100 billion out of fund- sissippi (Mr. THOMPSON), who is the dis- tion as well. The Speaker clearly fears ing President Trump’s wall. tinguished ranking member of the that his alternative will fail. As a re- Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, if we de- Committee on Homeland Security. sult, he has opposed an open process. feat the previous question, I will offer Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. So much for the leadership that an amendment to strike the text of Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman claimed—falsely—to pursue trans- this rule and insert House Resolution from California for yielding the time. parency, openness, and a willingness to 774, Representative DENHAM’s bipar- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposi- take the tough issues head on and indi- tisan queen-of-the-hill resolution. This tion to the closed rule for H.R. 4760. I vidually. rule would bring up four separate im- was proud to sign on to the bipartisan The bill it would bring to the floor, migration bills to be debated and voted discharge petition to force a vote on a contrary to what Speaker RYAN and on the House floor. Dreamer bill. Passage of this rule will Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- Leader MCCARTHY claim, is no com- not only kill that discharge petition, promise. A compromise, by definition, sent to insert the text of my amend- but any hope of this Congress consid- requires both sides to come together ment in the RECORD, along with extra- ering the one bill that has enough bi- and meet in the middle. We did. And we neous material, immediately prior to partisan support to deliver a meaning- built a majority of support for a bill. the vote on the previous question. ful remedy for the Dreamers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The Ryan bill is a capitulation by What are we voting on instead? H.R. objection to the request of the gentle- those who have professed support of 4760 is an antifamily bill that main- woman from California? tains the cruel zero-tolerance policy, the Dreamers. Indeed, the only com- There was no objection. promise in this bill is how it com- Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 limits access to asylum, shrinks legal promises our values, our principles as minutes to the gentleman from Cali- immigration, ends the diversity visa lottery program, abolishes protections Americans, and how it compromises fornia (Mr. AGUILAR) to discuss our our economy and national security. proposal. for unaccompanied children, and builds The conservative Cato Institute has Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank President Trump’s border wall. said that only 12 percent of Dreamers the gentlewoman for yielding time. We are considering only H.R. 4760—a would ever actually attain citizenship Mr. Speaker, I am here today to ask measure that may not have the votes under this hoax of a bill. every Member who believed in bipar- to pass—to placate the most extreme elements of the Republican Conference. b 1130 tisan, open debate on DACA here in the House to vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous Mr. Speaker, something is fundamen- For those seeking refuge from fear question. tally wrong and broken in this body for their lives and from assault, and Every one of the 216 Members who when the will of a handful of extrem- from having their children torn from signed the discharge petition should ists overrules the will of a bipartisan their arms and separated—as Laura join me. Why? Because a vote against majority. Bush pleaded, ‘‘immoral’’—this bill the previous question is a vote for Mr. Speaker, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on does not provide a solution. Instead, it queen-of-the-hill rule, and because if the rule and the underlying bill. provides for locking up those children we defeat the previous question, we Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 in prison with their parents. Isn’t that will immediately offer the queen-of- minute to the gentleman from a wonderful option? the-hill rule and finally start this de- Vermont (Mr. WELCH). The American people are overwhelm- bate. Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, is this in- ingly outraged by what is happening at There will be no more waiting for the stitution broken or has our leadership the border and want to see Congress last two signatures on the discharge fled the field? take real action. As JOHN MCCAIN stat- petition to materialize. There will be This rule will deprive the House of ed, such a policy that is being pro- no more waiting until the next dis- having a debate on the Dreamers. moted by the President and the Repub- charge Monday comes up in the cal- Eighty-two percent of the American licans in Congress ‘‘is an affront to the endar. There will be no more waiting. people think these innocent kids who decency of the American people.’’ We will end this process and vote on came here should be given legal status. In addition, the Ryan bill imposes queen of the hill now. The leadership has refused to allow new restrictions on legal immigration. Today, Republicans are bringing up us to debate. With the help of Mr. Democrats will strongly oppose this two partisan, anti-immigrant bills. DENHAM, in a courageous display of noxious bill. Democrats were completely cut out of independence, he has a discharge peti- Mr. Speaker, please summon the the process that produced these bills, tion, the last remaining tool for a ma- courage to let the people’s House work and, as a result, they will not get any jority of this House to say to leader- its will and demand that the President bipartisan support. It is questionable if ship: Give us a vote. Let us debate. return to a policy of treating these either of these bills can actually pass But in an act of extraordinary irre- children as we would want our own this House. If that is the case, then sponsibility—and I would say cow- children to be treated. That is not what is the point of all of this? ardice—the leadership is quelling, what these bills do. Reject these bills. Is the goal to have a fake debate on crushing, and incinerating the last ves- We are America. We are better than DACA and have everything fail so we tige of independence in their own these bills. are in the same place as the Senate? party. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 What good does that do? This rule takes away from the House seconds to the gentlewoman from Cali- Dreamers are still left wondering that tool to rise up and say: We are fornia (Ms. LOFGREN). when and what Congress will do to help ready to work for the American people Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, there them stay in this country. and give legal status to the Dreamers. are lots wrong with these bills. I will Let’s end this charade and actually That is a disgrace. That is a reason discuss that during the debate on the have a bipartisan debate, and let’s pass why, if we care about ourselves as an

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.024 H21JNPT1 H5378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 institution responsible to the people This is the way that leads to Christian be considered for amendment under the five- who elected us, we will assert our in- unity. minute rule. The bill shall be considered as sistence that we vote. Vote ‘‘no’’ on Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to read. All points of order against provisions this. oppose this rule and this cruel legisla- in the bill are waived. No amendment shall Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 be in order except the amendments in the na- tion. Let’s help those who can’t help ture of a substitute specified in section 2 of minute to the gentleman from Cali- themselves in these very corrupt coun- this resolution. Each such amendment may fornia (Mr. PANETTA). tries of the Northern Triangle. They be offered only in the order specified, may be Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I can- are not s—-holes as the President has offered only by the Member designated, shall not support H.R. 4760, and I cannot sup- referred to them. Let’s give them an be considered as read, and shall be debatable port this rule, obviously, for a number opportunity to live another day. for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled of reasons that we heard here today, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance by the proponent and an opponent. All points but I would like to highlight two. of my time. of order against such amendments are This bill does not provide the DACA Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield waived (except those arising under clause 7 of rule XVI). Clause 6(g) of rule XVIII shall fix that our Dreamers deserve. Person- myself the balance of my time. ally, I have nearly 20,000 Dreamers in not apply with respect to a request for a re- Mr. Speaker, I want to talk to you corded vote on any such amendment. If more my district in California. I have met about a story of separation, a father than one such amendment is adopted, then with many of them numerous times at and daughter who have been separated. only the one receiving the greater number of their work and at their jobs. Although Chris, my constituent, came to me affirmative recorded votes shall be consid- they were brought here through no with this story several years ago. ered as finally adopted. In the case of a tie fault of their own, these kids want to He served his country in Iraq. While for the greater number of affirmative re- stay here; they want to live here; and, he was serving his country in Iraq, his corded votes, then only the last amendment most important, they want to con- wife developed cancer and died. Chris to receive that number of affirmative re- tribute here. corded votes shall be considered as finally returned home to be a single dad to his adopted. After the conclusion of consider- They don’t want this given to them. daughter. They are willing to earn it. Unfortu- ation of the bill for amendment, the Com- His daughter went out with friends mittee shall rise and report the bill to the nately, this bill does not give them one night and was struck and killed by House with such amendment as may have that chance. And that is why I cannot an automobile—an automobile driven been finally adopted. The previous question support it. by someone who was in the country shall be considered as ordered on the bill and Also, in my district, we lay claim to without the benefit of citizenship. amendments thereto to final passage with- being the salad bowl of the world. Our Chris comes to my townhalls and out intervening motion except one motion to agriculture industry is due to our asks me: While I was serving my coun- recommit with or without instructions. If farmworkers. Now, I appreciate that the Committee of the Whole rises and re- try, you were supposed to be enforcing ports that it has come to no resolution on this bill addresses ag labor, and the the laws on the border. Because you did added amendments have tried to make the bill, then on the next legislative day the not do your job, I am now separated House shall, immediately after the third it better, but it is just not enough. from my daughter in perpetuity. daily order of business under clause 1 of rule This bill hurts our communities. H.R. 4760, the Securing America’s Fu- XIV, resolve into the Committee of the Why? Because our ag workers are not ture Act of 2018, is the product of Whole for further consideration of the bill. just an important part of our ag indus- EC months of work by Chairman GOOD- S . 2. The amendments in the nature of a try, they are an integral part to our substitute referred to in the first section of LATTE, Chairman MCCAUL, and other communities. Some of these people this resolution are as follows: stakeholders. This is an answer to our (1) A proper amendment in the nature of a have been here 5, 10, 15, 20 years. They persistent problems with our immigra- have spouses; they have kids; and they substitute, if offered by Representative tion system that so many Members of Goodlatte of Virginia or his designee. have families. this body have been talking about for (2) A proper amendment in the nature of a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The years. substitute, if offered by Representative Roy- time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to bal-Allard of California or her designee. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield support today’s rule and move the de- (3) A proper amendment in the nature of a the gentleman from California an addi- substitute, if offered by Representative Ryan bate forward on this legislation. tional 15 seconds. of Wisconsin or his designee. Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, because Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, the Rules (4) A proper amendment in the nature of a of the important role that they will Committee report (H. Rept. 115–772) to ac- substitute, if offered by Representative play, and because of the lack of any in- company House Resolution 954 should have Denham of California or his designee. included in its waiver of all points of order SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not formation on what this can do for these apply to the consideration of H.R. 4760. ag workers, I am against the resolu- against consideration of H.R. 4760 a disclo- THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT tion. sure of the following violation: IT REALLY MEANS Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I re- Clause 12(a)(1) of rule XXI, requiring a serve the balance of my time. comparative print to be made publicly avail- This vote, the vote on whether to order the Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I yield able prior to consideration of a bill amending previous question on a special rule, is not or repealing statutes to show, by typographical merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- myself the balance of my time. dering the previous question is a vote Mr. Speaker, in 1970, a Guatemalan device, parts of statute affected. The material previously referred to against the Republican majority agenda and couple decided to send their daughter a vote to allow the Democratic minority to to the U.S. That young girl was I. I was by Mrs. TORRES is as follows: offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about welcomed here in a loving home. I was AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 954 OFFERED BY what the House should be debating. not put in a freezing cell. My parents MRS. TORRES Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the felt they had no choice. My mother Strike all after the resolved clause and in- House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- died a couple of years later. sert: scribes the vote on the previous question on These parents are making a choice That on the next legislative day after the the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the adoption of this resolution, immediately consideration of the subject before the House that, frankly, I could not make today after the third daily order of business under being made by the Member in charge.’’ To for my children. A few months ago, I clause 1 of rule XIV, the House shall resolve defeat the previous question is to give the was away from home for so long—4 into the Committee of the Whole House on opposition a chance to decide the subject be- weeks—that my grandson, a 3-year-old, the State of the Union for consideration of fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s felt he had to reintroduce himself to the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immigration ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that me because he had not seen me for 4 laws and the homeland security laws, and for ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- weeks. He didn’t think that I would re- other purposes. The first reading of the bill mand for the previous question passes the member him. Imagine an infant when shall be dispensed with. All points of order control of the resolution to the opposition’’ against consideration of the bill are waived. in order to offer an amendment. On March that infant is returned to their parent; General debate shall be confined to the bill 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- they will be introduced to a total and shall not exceed one hour equally di- fered a rule resolution. The House defeated stranger. vided and controlled by the Majority Leader the previous question and a member of the Pope Francis just tweeted: Pray to- and the Minority Whip or their respective opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, gether, walk together, work together. designees. After general debate the bill shall asking who was entitled to recognition.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21JN7.027 H21JNPT1 June 21, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5379 Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: Buchanan Holding Posey Huffman Matsui Sa´ nchez ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Buck Hollingsworth Ratcliffe Jackson Lee McCollum Sarbanes the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Bucshon Hudson Reed Jayapal McEachin Schakowsky Johnson (GA) McGovern Schiff gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Budd Huizenga Reichert Burgess Hultgren Renacci Johnson, E. B. McNerney Schneider yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Byrne Hunter Rice (SC) Kaptur Meeks Schrader the first recognition.’’ Calvert Hurd Roby Keating Meng Scott (VA) The Republican majority may say ‘‘the Carter (GA) Issa Roe (TN) Kelly (IL) Moore Scott, David vote on the previous question is simply a Carter (TX) Jenkins (KS) Rogers (AL) Kennedy Moulton Serrano vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Chabot Jenkins (WV) Rogers (KY) Khanna Murphy (FL) Sewell (AL) vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] Cheney Johnson (LA) Rohrabacher Kihuen Nadler Shea-Porter Coffman Johnson (OH) Rokita Kildee Napolitano Sherman has no substantive legislative or policy im- Cole Johnson, Sam Rooney, Francis Kilmer Neal Sinema plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Collins (NY) Jones Rooney, Thomas Kind Nolan Sires they have always said. Listen to the Repub- Comer Jordan J. Krishnamoorthi Norcross Smith (WA) lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Comstock Joyce (OH) Ros-Lehtinen Kuster (NH) O’Halleran Soto Process in the United States House of Rep- Conaway Katko Roskam Lamb O’Rourke Speier resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s Cook Kelly (MS) Ross Langevin Pallone Suozzi how the Republicans describe the previous Costello (PA) Kelly (PA) Rothfus Larsen (WA) Panetta Swalwell (CA) Cramer King (IA) Rouzer Larson (CT) Pascrell Takano question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- Crawford King (NY) Royce (CA) Lawrence Pelosi Thompson (CA) though it is generally not possible to amend Culberson Kinzinger Russell Lawson (FL) Perlmutter Thompson (MS) the rule because the majority Member con- Curbelo (FL) Knight Rutherford Lee Peters Titus trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Curtis Labrador Sanford Levin Peterson Tonko pose of offering an amendment, the same re- Davidson LaHood Scalise Lewis (GA) Pingree Torres sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Schweikert Lieu, Ted Pocan Tsongas vious question on the rule.... When the Denham Lamborn Scott, Austin Lipinski Polis Vargas DeSantis Lance Sensenbrenner Loebsack Price (NC) Veasey motion for the previous question is defeated, DesJarlais Latta Sessions Lofgren Quigley Vela´ zquez control of the time passes to the Member Diaz-Balart Lesko Shimkus Lowenthal Raskin Visclosky who led the opposition to ordering the pre- Donovan Lewis (MN) Shuster Lowey Rice (NY) Walz vious question. That Member, because he Duffy LoBiondo Simpson Lujan Grisham, Richmond Wasserman then controls the time, may offer an amend- Duncan (SC) Long Smith (MO) M. Rosen Schultz ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of Duncan (TN) Loudermilk Smith (NE) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Roybal-Allard Waters, Maxine amendment.’’ Dunn Love Smith (NJ) Lynch Ruiz Watson Coleman Emmer Lucas Smith (TX) Maloney, Ruppersberger Welch In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House Estes (KS) Luetkemeyer Smucker Carolyn B. Rush Wilson (FL) of Representatives, the subchapter titled Faso MacArthur Stefanik Maloney, Sean Ryan (OH) Yarmuth ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal Ferguson Marchant Stewart to order the previous question on such a rule Fitzpatrick Marino Stivers NOT VOTING—5 [a special rule reported from the Committee Fleischmann Marshall Taylor Black Jeffries Payne on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- Flores Massie Tenney Collins (GA) Kustoff (TN) ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Fortenberry Mast Thompson (PA) Foxx McCarthy Thornberry b 1207 tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Frelinghuysen McCaul Tipton jection of the motion for the previous ques- Gaetz McClintock Trott Messrs. BIGGS and BRAT changed tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Gallagher McHenry Turner their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Garrett McKinley Upton So the previous question was ordered. Gianforte McMorris Valadao ber leading the opposition to the previous The result of the vote was announced question, who may offer a proper amendment Gibbs Rodgers Vela or motion and who controls the time for de- Gohmert McSally Wagner as above recorded. Goodlatte Meadows Walberg The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bate thereon.’’ Gosar Messer Walden Clearly, the vote on the previous question Gowdy Mitchell Walker question is on the resolution. on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Granger Moolenaar Walorski The question was taken; and the cations. It is one of the only available tools Graves (GA) Mooney (WV) Walters, Mimi Speaker pro tempore announced that for those who oppose the Republican major- Graves (LA) Mullin Weber (TX) the ayes appeared to have it. ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Graves (MO) Newhouse Webster (FL) RECORDED VOTE native views the opportunity to offer an al- Griffith Noem Wenstrup Grothman Norman Westerman ternative plan. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I de- Guthrie Nunes Williams mand a recorded vote. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Handel Olson Wilson (SC) A recorded vote was ordered. back the balance of my time, and I Harper Palazzo Wittman Harris Palmer Womack The SPEAKER pro tempore. This move the previous question on the res- Hartzler Paulsen Woodall will be a 5-minute vote. olution. Hensarling Pearce Yoder The vote was taken by electronic de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Herrera Beutler Perry Yoho Hice, Jody B. Pittenger Young (AK) vice, and there were—ayes 226, noes 195, question is on ordering the previous Higgins (LA) Poe (TX) Young (IA) not voting 6, as follows: question. Hill Poliquin Zeldin The question was taken; and the [Roll No. 280] Speaker pro tempore announced that NAYS—190 AYES—226 the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Clark (MA) Doyle, Michael Abraham Burgess Duffy Aguilar Clarke (NY) F. Aderholt Byrne Duncan (SC) Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, on that I Barraga´ n Clay Ellison Allen Calvert Duncan (TN) demand the yeas and nays. Bass Cleaver Engel Amodei Carter (GA) Dunn The yeas and nays were ordered. Beatty Clyburn Eshoo Arrington Carter (TX) Emmer Bera Cohen Espaillat Babin Chabot Estes (KS) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Beyer Connolly Esty (CT) Bacon Cheney Faso ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Bishop (GA) Cooper Evans Banks (IN) Coffman Ferguson will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Blumenauer Correa Foster Barletta Cole Fitzpatrick time for any electronic vote on the Blunt Rochester Costa Frankel (FL) Barr Collins (NY) Fleischmann Bonamici Courtney Fudge Barton Comer Flores question of adoption of the resolution. Boyle, Brendan Crist Gabbard Bergman Comstock Fortenberry The vote was taken by electronic de- F. Crowley Gallego Biggs Conaway Foxx vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Brady (PA) Cuellar Garamendi Bilirakis Cook Frelinghuysen Brown (MD) Cummings Gomez Bishop (MI) Costello (PA) Gaetz 190, not voting 5, as follows: Brownley (CA) Davis (CA) Gonzalez (TX) Bishop (UT) Cramer Gallagher [Roll No. 279] Bustos Davis, Danny Gottheimer Blackburn Crawford Garrett Butterfield DeFazio Green, Al Blum Culberson Gianforte YEAS—232 Capuano DeGette Green, Gene Bost Curbelo (FL) Gibbs Abraham Banks (IN) Bishop (UT) Carbajal Delaney Grijalva Brady (TX) Curtis Goodlatte Aderholt Barletta Blackburn Ca´ rdenas DeLauro Gutie´rrez Brat Davidson Gosar Allen Barr Blum Carson (IN) DelBene Hanabusa Brooks (AL) Davis, Rodney Gowdy Amash Barton Bost Cartwright Demings Hastings Brooks (IN) Denham Granger Amodei Bergman Brady (TX) Castor (FL) DeSaulnier Heck Buchanan DeSantis Graves (GA) Arrington Biggs Brat Castro (TX) Deutch Higgins (NY) Buck DesJarlais Graves (LA) Babin Bilirakis Brooks (AL) Chu, Judy Dingell Himes Bucshon Diaz-Balart Graves (MO) Bacon Bishop (MI) Brooks (IN) Cicilline Doggett Hoyer Budd Donovan Griffith

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:53 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21JN7.007 H21JNPT1 H5380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 21, 2018 Grothman Marshall Royce (CA) Perlmutter Schakowsky Thompson (MS) DIVISION A—LEGAL IMMIGRATION Guthrie Mast Russell Peters Schiff Titus REFORM Handel McCarthy Rutherford Peterson Schneider Tonko TITLE I—IMMIGRANT VISA Harper McCaul Sanford Pingree Schrader Torres Harris McClintock Scalise Pocan Scott (VA) Tsongas ALLOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES Hartzler McHenry Schweikert Polis Scott, David Vargas Sec. 1101. Family-sponsored immigration Hensarling McKinley Scott, Austin Price (NC) Serrano Veasey priorities. Herrera Beutler McMorris Sensenbrenner Quigley Sewell (AL) Vela Sec. 1102. Elimination of diversity visa pro- Raskin Shea-Porter Hice, Jody B. Rodgers Sessions Vela´ zquez gram. Higgins (LA) McSally Shimkus Rice (NY) Sherman Visclosky Hill Meadows Shuster Richmond Sinema Sec. 1103. Employment-based immigration Walz Holding Messer Simpson Rosen Sires priorities. Hollingsworth Mitchell Smith (MO) Roybal-Allard Smith (WA) Wasserman Sec. 1104. Waiver of rights by B visa non- Hudson Moolenaar Smith (NE) Ruiz Soto Schultz immigrants. Waters, Maxine Huizenga Mooney (WV) Smith (NJ) Ruppersberger Speier TITLE II—AGRICULTURAL WORKER Rush Suozzi Watson Coleman Hultgren Mullin Smith (TX) REFORM Hunter Newhouse Smucker Ryan (OH) Swalwell (CA) Welch Issa Noem Stefanik Sa´ nchez Takano Wilson (FL) Sec. 2101. Short title. Jenkins (KS) Norman Stewart Sarbanes Thompson (CA) Yarmuth Sec. 2102. H–2C temporary agricultural work Jenkins (WV) Nunes Stivers NOT VOTING—6 visa program. Johnson (LA) Olson Taylor Sec. 2103. Admission of temporary H–2C Johnson (OH) Palazzo Tenney Black Jeffries O’Rourke workers. Johnson, Sam Palmer Thompson (PA) Collins (GA) Kustoff (TN) Payne Sec. 2104. Mediation. Jones Paulsen Thornberry Jordan Pearce Tipton b 1214 Sec. 2105. Migrant and seasonal agricultural Joyce (OH) Perry Trott worker protection. Katko Pittenger Turner So the resolution was agreed to. Sec. 2106. Binding arbitration. Kelly (MS) Poe (TX) Upton The result of the vote was announced Sec. 2107. Eligibility for health care sub- Kelly (PA) Poliquin Valadao as above recorded. sidies and refundable tax cred- King (NY) Posey Wagner A motion to reconsider was laid on its; required health insurance Kinzinger Ratcliffe Walberg the table. coverage. Knight Reed Walden Sec. 2108. Study of establishment of an agri- Labrador Reichert Walker f LaHood Renacci Walorski cultural worker employment LaMalfa Rice (SC) Walters, Mimi PERMISSION TO MODIFY CONSID- pool. Sec. 2109. Prevailing wage. Lamborn Roby Weber (TX) ERATION OF H.R. 6, SUBSTANCE Lance Roe (TN) Webster (FL) Sec. 2110. Effective dates; sunset; regula- Latta Rogers (AL) Wenstrup USE-DISORDER PREVENTION tions. Lesko Rogers (KY) Westerman THAT PROMOTES OPIOID RECOV- Sec. 2111. Report on compliance and viola- Lewis (MN) Rohrabacher Williams ERY AND TREATMENT FOR PA- tions. LoBiondo Rokita Wilson (SC) Long Rooney, Francis Wittman TIENTS AND COMMUNITIES ACT TITLE III—VISA SECURITY Loudermilk Rooney, Thomas Womack Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Sec. 3101. Cancellation of additional visas. Love J. Woodall Sec. 3102. Visa information sharing. Lucas Ros-Lehtinen Yoder unanimous consent that, notwith- standing House Resolution 949, during Sec. 3103. Restricting waiver of visa inter- Luetkemeyer Roskam Yoho views. MacArthur Ross Young (AK) consideration of H.R. 6 pursuant to Sec. 3104. Authorizing the Department of Marchant Rothfus Young (IA) such resolution, general debate shall Marino Rouzer Zeldin State to not interview certain not exceed 1 hour, with 40 minutes ineligible visa applicants. NOES—195 equally divided and controlled by the Sec. 3105. Visa refusal and revocation. chair and ranking minority member on Sec. 3106. Petition and application proc- Adams DeLauro Kilmer essing for visas and immigra- Aguilar DelBene Kind the Committee on Energy and Com- Amash Demings King (IA) merce and 20 minutes equally divided tion benefits. Barraga´ n DeSaulnier Krishnamoorthi Sec. 3107. Fraud prevention. Bass Deutch Kuster (NH) and controlled by the chair and rank- Sec. 3108. Visa ineligibility for spouses and Beatty Dingell Lamb ing minority member of the Committee children of drug traffickers. Bera Doggett Langevin on Ways and Means. Sec. 3109. DNA testing. Beyer Doyle, Michael Larsen (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sec. 3110. Access to NCIC criminal history Bishop (GA) F. Larson (CT) HARPER). Is there objection to the re- database for diplomatic visas. Blumenauer Ellison Lawrence Sec. 3111. Elimination of signed photograph Blunt Rochester Engel Lawson (FL) quest of the gentleman from Texas? Bonamici Eshoo Lee There was no objection. requirement for visa applica- Boyle, Brendan Espaillat Levin tions. F. Esty (CT) Lewis (GA) f Sec. 3112. Additional fraud detection and Brady (PA) Evans Lieu, Ted prevention. SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE Brown (MD) Foster Lipinski DIVISION B—INTERIOR IMMIGRATION Brownley (CA) Frankel (FL) Loebsack ACT OF 2018 Bustos Fudge Lofgren ENFORCEMENT Butterfield Gabbard Lowenthal Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, pur- TITLE I—LEGAL WORKFORCE ACT Capuano Gallego Lowey suant to House Resolution 954, I call up Sec. 1101. Short title. Carbajal Garamendi Lujan Grisham, the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immi- Sec. 1102. Employment eligibility Ca´ rdenas Gohmert M. Carson (IN) Gomez Luja´ n, Ben Ray gration laws and the homeland secu- verification process. Cartwright Gonzalez (TX) Lynch rity laws, and for other purposes, and Sec. 1103. Employment eligibility Castor (FL) Gottheimer Maloney, ask for its immediate consideration. verification system. Castro (TX) Green, Al Carolyn B. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Sec. 1104. Recruitment, referral, and con- Chu, Judy Green, Gene Maloney, Sean The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tinuation of employment. Cicilline Grijalva Massie Sec. 1105. Good faith defense. Clark (MA) Gutie´rrez Matsui ant to House Resolution 954, the Sec. 1106. Preemption and States’ rights. Clarke (NY) Hanabusa McCollum amendments printed in House Report Sec. 1107. Repeal. Clay Hastings McEachin Cleaver Heck McGovern 115–772 are adopted, and the bill, as Sec. 1108. Penalties. Clyburn Higgins (NY) McNerney amended, is considered read. Sec. 1109. Fraud and misuse of documents. Cohen Himes Meeks The text of the bill, as amended, is as Sec. 1110. Protection of Social Security Ad- Connolly Hoyer Meng follows: ministration programs. Cooper Huffman Moore Sec. 1111. Fraud prevention. Correa Hurd Moulton H.R. 4760 Sec. 1112. Use of employment eligibility Costa Jackson Lee Murphy (FL) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- verification photo tool. Courtney Jayapal Nadler resentatives of the United States of America in Sec. 1113. Identity authentication employ- Crist Johnson (GA) Napolitano Crowley Johnson, E. B. Neal Congress assembled, ment eligibility verification Cuellar Kaptur Nolan SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. pilot programs. Cummings Keating Norcross (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as Sec. 1114. Inspector General audits. Davis (CA) Kelly (IL) O’Halleran the ‘‘Securing America’s Future Act of 2018’’. TITLE II—SANCTUARY CITIES AND Davis, Danny Kennedy Pallone (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE- DeFazio Khanna Panetta DeGette Kihuen Pascrell tents for this Act is as follows: MENT COOPERATION Delaney Kildee Pelosi Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2201. Short title.

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