Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act because we have got to stop the madness of not enforcing our laws. In the last weeks. we have seen coverage of two terrible murders that occurred because our laws went unenforced. My thoughts. prayers. and condolences go out to the families of the victims. Sadly. these tragedies are but a representation of a larger. deeper. and more troubling problem. While I wish today we were also considering legislation by Mr. GOWDY to address the administrations abysmal lack of respect for our immigration laws. Chairman MCCAULs bill to secure the borders. or Chairman LAMAR SMITHs bill to implement EVerify to stop businesses from exploiting undocumented workers. this bill is a step in the right direction. It will stop the American people from subsidizing local law enforcement departments that refuse to do their jobs and enforce the law. Lets take the emotion out of this. Lets take it out of the immigration and border security issue. which are emotionally charged. This is a fiscally responsible bill. If we were spending money for a defense contractor to develop a new weapons system and they werent developing that weapons system. we would take the money back.
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