Speaker, this rule ought to be rejected. It is not the
regular order, it is not good policy, and it is not good for the
institution of the House of Representatives or for the country. The border wall is controversial, and many people in the Trump
administration do not believe the border wall will be effective, and
they believe it is a waste of money. And, of course, the President told
us all the Mexicans were going to pay for the wall. Well, this is $1.6 billion of about $20 billion that would have to
come not to be paid for by the Mexicans, but to be paid for by the U.S.
taxpayer for an ineffective effort to make this country more secure. Everybody on this floor believes we ought to know who comes into this
country and that people ought not to come into this country unless they
are authorized to do so. We all agree on that. I ask the majority leader: Bring this border wall to the floor; let
us debate it; put it open for amendment. That is the regular order. The Speaker went on to say: ``We will not duck the tough issues.
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Generalization that Mexicans will pay for the wall.
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