Speech #1090173287

I can tell you that as you start to go down the line of the facts and not fiction of what has happened and what has not happened here in this House. you cant help but think that we only have tomorrow that we will be in session. and we have next week that we will be in session. There are a number of conference reports out there. bills that have passed both House and Senate that are in limbo that a conference committee has not even been appointed by the leadership of the House on a bipartisan. in a bipartisan way or partisan way to even deal with those issues. We have an immigration bill that the American people would like to see some action on. No action whatsoever. And I can sit here with great confidence to say that it will not happen. A lot of things have. you know. a lot of talk on the majority side about an immigration bill. A lot of talk about protecting our borders and bringing legislation to the floor. if it even made it through a committee. and I will take out my Sharpie here of a doublelined fence to protect our border and bringing it to the floor for a vote. And you take out the legislation and you start to do something. what my teachers used to say. reading is fundamental. and you do not see here where the money has been appropriated to even build a doubleline fence that we are coming to the floor and being asked to vote on.