Speech #1090062675

I want to address my colleagues on this side of the aisle. the Democratic side of the aisle. because there are so many good people and true leaders among you. people who understand that we need to do more than we have done for Central America and Central Americans. In a perfect political world. a Central American trade agreement should have passed on the Consent Calendar. Q 2045 In a perfect world it would have. because there is virtually no Member of Congress who does not have undocumented immigrants who have risked their life and limb to come to the United States so as to provide some future for themselves and their families. Many of our grandparents could empathize. but surely we who were born here must at least sympathize. We all know the conditions in Central America.