Speaker, I rise today to express my great frustration
with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their reckless
behavior that is threatening the safety and security of the American
people. Let me explain. Some Members of the House and Senate are holding
funding for the Federal Government, including funding for our Nation's
military, hostage in an effort to advance their immigration agenda. I understand that immigration is a very important issue. I have many
priorities in the immigration debate myself, like increased border
security. But I understand that there will come a time and a place to
debate immigration issues. That time is not now, and that place is not
on a bill dealing with funding our military and other essential
functions of government. Mr. Speaker, this is what the American people hate about Congress. Instead of simply doing one of our most basic jobs, funding the
government, we are having an unrelated debate about an immigration
issue. Let's be clear about what is going on here. Congressional Democrats
are using our military men and women as pawns in a political game. They
think they can use funding for the military as leverage to get their
way on a very complex immigration issue. I think that is not only
wrong. I think it is irresponsible and it has very grave consequences.
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