Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong
opposition to the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. In a 2006 speech, then-Senator Sessions wrongfully misstated:
``Fundamentally, almost no one coming from the Dominican Republic to
the United States is coming here because they have a provable skill
that would benefit us and that would indicate their likely success in
our society.''
When I was 9 years old, Mr. Speaker, I immigrated to the United
States from the Dominican Republic without any papers, and now I am a
Member of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Sessions, have I not succeeded in
America?
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Almost no one coming from the Dominican Republic has a provable skill that would benefit us.
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