Speech #1050102887

I listened with rapt attention during the debate late last night on the District of Columbia conference report. the citizens of the District of Columbiahardworking. taxpaying citizenshave a hardworking. but nonvoting representative in the House of Representatives. Because of this fact. the District of Columbia appropriations bill is historically laden with riders that are totally unrelated to anything regarding how the District of Columbia should spend its annual Federal appropriation. One of these riders in the conference report would prevent the wrongful deportation of Central Americans but not for Haitians. While yesterdays CONGRESSIONAL RECORD delineated the agreement. that the U.S. Attorney General will temporarily suspend the deportation of Haitians while Congress deliberates legislation to provide similar relief to Haitians. this is not part of the current law. And all of us know the weight and importance of the law in the U.S. house of Representatives. It disturbs me greatly that this great Nation. under God. indivisible. is incapable of treating all persons fairly.