Speaker, I rise to register my opposition to the exclusion from
H. Res. 478 of the amendments offered by colleague, Congresswoman
Barbara Lee of California. This rule makes in order 54 amendments to Division A of H.R. 3219,
the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018 and an amendment by
Congressman Carter, the chairman of the Homeland Security
Appropriations Subcommittee, providing $1.57 billion in funding to
begin construction of the infamous ``Trump Border Wall'' that the
presidential candidate Trump promises, assured, and guaranteed American
and the would be paid for by Mexico. Mr. Speaker, it is passing strange indeed that the Lee Amendments,
which were offered, debated, and approved in the regular order were
excluded from the rule while the Carter Amendment, which was introduced
at the 11th hour, was included.
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