gentlewoman from california, the ranking member of the judiciary committee subcommittee on immigration and border security, export on -- expert on immigration, ms. lofgren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. lofgren: some have been asking whether this bill repeals daca and puts the dreamers back in deportation and the answer is yes. page 1, line 5 through 17, point out that no pounds can be use forward new application. the daca applications were granted deferred action for tworeyoose. they must make a new application, there's no guarantee that application will be approved at the end of two years, that's beginning now so this will require that the dreamers be removed from deferred action and become subject to deportation. further, the bill is right now the border patrol is

required to determine on a case-by-case basis whether they are old enough to withdraw an application. that is stricken in this bill. the law says now that a mexican child that raises no trafficking concerns may be permitted to draw an application and voluntarily home if the child is able to make the decision. this bill changes the law to say that a child may be permitted to withdraw an application but in any event, the child shall be returned. it doesn't matter if he makes a decision, that kid is going home. current law that says even mexican children can request to see an immigration judge but this bill says it's not the case. and makes the person performing the screening, the judge, the juror and executioner. this is not just about kids from

honduras or mexico. we will be returning the tide child sex slave back to her traffickers. the christian child from syria who has found asylum here in the united states, that child immediately returned. the chinese child fleeing forced abortion from china, that child immediately returned. this is an outrageously unconnable bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: at this time, i would like to yield 10 minutes the dean of the texas delegation, mr. barton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. barton: i thank mr. sessions and hopefully will yield back some of that time. i thank you, mr. chairman, for the leadership you have exhibited, not just in the rules committee, but on this issue in

general, you have a -- been a long time advocate of immigration reform and you have been active in the texas delegation as we attempt to move this legislation and you have been very active this afternoon in the rules committee. i want to also compliment the leadership of the majority as we have tried to craft a compassionate, conservative path forward. i happen to be an advocate of comprehensive immigration reform. i have a draft bill that i have been waiting until the right time to introduce. hopefully get bipartisan support. so i'm not one of these just-say-no republicans. having said that, we have a crisis on our southern border because of some actions the

president's taken in the past and some inactions that he's not taking now. we have got this terrible situation where thousands and thousands of young children, some unaccompanied, by hemselves, others with adults, have been flooding the southern border, allegedly some of them paying thousands of dollars to individuals that are allegedly related to the drug cartels. and it's an unsustainable situation, mr. speaker. it can't go on. the bill that's going to be before the body later this evening targets funding to add additional judges, to review these children on a case-by-case basis. reverses current law so that children from none contiguous

countries are treated the same as the children from canada and mexico that perhaps attempt to come to the country without proper documentation. i don't think that's an inhumane thing to do, mr. speaker. i think it's the right thing to do. the bill before us is going to have funds to reimburse the states that have decided to deploy their national guardsmen to the border and one of those states is texas and this would reimburse the cost of deploying the national guard. the bill before us is going to be completely offset, taking money that's already been appropriated but not expended. the offsets are not fake and not in the tenth year, will theoretically save some money that would have been otherwise spent. these offsets are for funds that

have been appropriated and obligated, but not used. some of those funds are in the foreign aid accounts of the countries that are sending us some of their citizens. i think that's appropriate. so, we can have a debate at the appropriate time on a more comprehensive package. that's something at some point in time this body addresses and i will be an active participant in that, mr. speaker. but for today, to solve the current situation on the border, this is a targeted package. it will be better in current law if it is enacted. it will improve the situation. i think within the next two months if it were to be enacted in its totality, you would basically not have the problem of the unaccompanied minor children or minors with adults

that are flooding our borders. it is a conservative approach. i tell my friends on the minority side. i happen to be proud of this. and i'm going to vote for both bills. the appropriations supplemental and then the daca bill that congresswoman blackburn has expressed leadership on and done such a good job and i'm a co-sponsor. i thank the chairman of the rules committee. i strongly support the rule. and i will vote for the underlying bills. and with that, i yield back to the distinguished chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield to mr. jeffries for a minute and a half. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 90 seconds. mr. jeffries: i thank the

distinguished gentlelady from new york for yielding. give me your tired yes or noing to breathe free. those are on the statue of liberty that stands tall in new york harbor. but today, we are here in this chamber doing violence to a model that has served this country well. we have a humanitarian crisis in this country. tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have fled violence in central america and migrated to our southern border. but our response has not been consistent with the notion that america is a country of individuals from all over the world and a compassionate one.

lady liberty is crying right now because of the callous response of house republicans. some of the children who have come here may not have a valid, legal basis to remain, but some will. if a child has a credible fear of persecution, if a child was abused, abandoned or neglected by a parent, if a child was victimized by a highly violent criminal act and suffered emotional or physical damage, under current law, they have a valid, legal basis to remain. but house republicans are threatening to take that away, inconsistent with our values. and that's why i urge a no vote on the rule and on the underlying legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from from tyler, texas, a member of congress, judge gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. gohmert: i thank chairman sessions. this was a different experience the last few days. i remember the fiscal cliff problem when we were told, here's your remedy, take and like it, and they didn't have enough votes, so it ended up getting pulled and people were sent home. but this time was different. we had people who said, you know what? wait a minute. why don't we stay here and work something out. kind of a refreshing change. and so there were numerous members last night that sat down in a room and worked for quite some time and for hours, actually, and came to a conclusion and we had a verbal agreement and there was a misunderstanding on one provision. any way, there were so many great changes, great

compromises. people from different, diverse positions took part. but let me just say, the importance of getting something done now before we get even one day further into august, is this. i've spent many days and many nights on the border. d when you look at the pitiful, beautiful little faces of people that have come 1,000 or more miles, because there was a shiny object being dangled here in the united states saying come on, you may get amnesty, come on, now. and adults paid gang members, drug cartels to bring these people through, some got pulled off into sexual trafficking. many were raped if they were young women, along the way. some given birth control pills,

so if they are raped, they aren't getting pregnant and all because the law has been violated in an unconstitutional action by the president who said, i don't like the law that was passed by the house and the senate and the prior president signed into law, so i'm passing a new law through my lips. and it created this allure. and i wish the senate had stuck around to work with us as many of us stayed last night to work. we could be so far down the road. so i'm greatly encouraged by many of the things that are here, by the great compromises. nd i want to thank representatives, scalise, mccartedly, glate -- goodlatte. and chairman sessions, thanks

for your accorded assistance, but we could get to a finished product even with the senate if it wasn't harry reid's way or the highway. and who suffers? come some night with me and sit ut at the border 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, dodge spiders and rattle snakes and you may get to see a beautiful face that has gone through hell instead of being accorded the december sense si of a better way to imgreat into america. immigrate. i'm going to be a no because the provision was not pulled out that gives the attorney general to appoint the 40 judges that are going to deal with the issues on the border.

i'm assured we are going to work on it to fix. i can't give a guy who is in contempt the ability to appoint 40 judges to deal with this issue. i'm grateful for the process we are starting to use. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield 1 1/2 to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. well well -- mr. welch: $40 million is going to be used to help kids and their families. children want to be with their parents in their country and i thank kay granger. but the rest of the bill is a mess. just think about it, $70 million to the national guard. why are we seriously thinking that we have to have combat-ready troops at the border to greet nine and 10 and 11-year-old kids that if they

made the journey successfully, are familiarished, exhausted and terrified and the homeland security has a big budget and this won't make a dime's worth of difference. what this does really where does this bill come from. yesterday we were on our way home. there was no bill yesterday. and people figured out if the house didn't even act on a bill we wouldn't be able to blame the do-nothing senate. mr. speaker, wait. the do-nothing senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform on june 27, 2013. the do-nothing senate passed that bill in a bipartisan manner, 68-32.

>> no consultation with the president. there's been no consultation. we should kill this bill. we should put our best people together and do the right thing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i'd like to ask the gentleman to come back for a second, i'd like to yield him 15 seconds for a clarification of his remarks if he'd take me up on that time. i'd like to advise the gentleman, i do not believe that's a correct state optometrist say, combat-ready troops. the national guard in texas is not all combat ready. if i could get the gentleman to correct that, i'd like to yield him 15 seconds. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman, i know we're all proud of our guard. our guard in vermont really lost more lives per capita in afghanistan and iraq and many

of our guard members played that role so i do think of our guard, men and women across the country, as prepared to do whatever they're asked to do, including combat -- mr. sessions: reclaiming my time. mr. speaker, i'd like to let the record note that there's no specification for these men and women of the national guard to be combat ready. in fact, i do not believe that that would be a true statement that is not a part of what we have specified in this plan, nor do i believe that it would be a requirement. so i've asked the gentleman and he chose to answer the way he did but i would like to state on the record that there are no requirements, there's no precondition for that. in fact, i do not believe that that's a correct statement. i've given the gentleman a chance. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from florida, one

of our newest members, mr. jolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. jolly: thank you, mr. chairman, mr. speaker. i am one of the newest members and i have to tell you it's amusing to find the paradox on the other side of the aisle. yesterday we were being criticized for not considering a bill. today we're being criticized for considering a bill. i'll tell you this i sat in my office, just like many others today, watched the president of the united states atempt to admonish the house for working. i want to make something very clear to the american people tonight. the president's plan for the crisis on the border was rejected, not just by this body, but by the senate. there is not a majority in the senate or in the house willing to consider and approve the president's plan for the cry soins the border. that plan is dead on arrival

with a majority in the senate controlled by his own party and the majority in this house. so the senate brought up its bill and it was rejected. and the senate, controlled by the president's party left own. this house, body this congress, this caucus is working. i am new to this body and i find it fascinating that the immediate qua and the pundits and the consultants can take a set of facts and suggest that because we are working today, somehow we are dysfunctional. that's an absurdity. we are working. what is dysfunctional is the other side of this capitol. what is dysfunctional is the other side of pennsylvania venue.

the fact is, what is in this bill is the right solution. i would say to my folks on the -- on my side of the aisle, i know a lot of folks have concerns about this, for conservatives, thises the bill we have been asking for for years. this is a responsible, commonsense approach that says if you come here illegally, you will be returned into the responsible and caring hands of your government and frankly let's put in the hands of everybody a packet that says, how to immigrate here legally. we're a loving and caring nation and we are better for that but we are also a nation of laws. this bill says, enforce the law. it's accountability. that's all it is. where the president has proposed nearly $4 billion, this body has proposed less than $700 million, fully offset by cuts to other federal

programs. s that conservative bill. it pays for itself. it is about enforcement, it is bout accountability. i will say this, as a new member of this body, i admit my naivete, i am a polyanna. let me tell you why we ended up here today, why we didn't get a bill done yesterday, is because we have r's and d's next to our names. if we drop the r's and d's, we had enough votes to pass this bill. we know it on both sides of the aisle. this is a commonsense bill that addresses the prior thousands of american people and if we were here yesterday, not as republicans and democrats, but as members of congress that know what is right for the future of this country, we could have passed this bill yesterday and so instead of complaining yesterday that we didn't pass a bill and complaining today that we're here working on a friday night to pass a bill, we could keep

it honest, drop the partisanship and pass what the american people expect which is responsibility and accountability and commonsense solutions. that is why we are here tonight. i think we need to pass this bill. i think every member of congress should pass this bill. this is a good bill. i appreciate the opportunity, mr. speaker. thank you very much, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield one and a half minutes to the gentlewoman from washington, a member of the committee on the judiciary, ms. delbene. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. ms. delbene: thank you, mr. speaker. the influx of unaccompanied children across the southern boarder is a serious humanitarian situation that requires immediate action. we desperately need members of congress to work together in a bipartisan way to develop an effective and humane course of action to address this problem and i i -- i'm disappointed we're playing politics with this crisis instead of developing solutions. the rule we are developing

would allow us to consider two bills. it's an irresponsible funding measure that fails to address the true needs of this crisis while also making irresponsible cuts of over $400 million to fema's disaster relief fund, impacting the federal response to disasters. and then the other bill needlessly punishes innocent children known as dreamers. and would do nothing to address the humanitarian situation caused by violence in central america. this deportation only and enforcement only approach to change oug -- changing our nation's immigration law is misguided and will do absolutely nothing to prevent our broken system from spinning further into dysfunction. in my district, there are businesses, farmers, faith leaders, law enforcement leaders and families who have been asking congress for years to find solutions to our broken immigration system. i helped introduce a

comprehensive immigration reform bill, h r. 15, to help constituents who deserve a functional immigration system that they can rely on. instead, house republicans have decided to make today's divisive bill a priority. they want to make sure that absolutely nothing is done to improve our overall gration -- immigration system. after more than a year of refusing to act on comprehensive legislation, this is an unacceptable position to be in and i urge my colleague to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you very much, i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves this egentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized if were money -- for one and a half minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend and the gentlewoman from new york for yielding. mr. speaker, someplace i read in the bible suffer little

children and forbid them not. but come unto me for search is the kingdom for heaven. it could have read, a beloved community or beloved nation. mr. speaker, at this moment, at this hour we have a moral obligation, a mission, and a mandate to do the right thing. the humane thing. today hundreds and thousands of our children, innocent little children, need our help. they need our support. they are running away from violence, from rape, from hunger. they are coming for a better life. the time has arrived, mr. speaker, we can wait no longer. we have reached the tipping point, and now we have a choice, a choice to do what is right, what is just, what is fair.

where are our hearts? where are our souls? we cannot simply turn our backs on these little children and do nothing. in the final analysis we are one people, one family, one house. it doesn't matter whether you're black or white, asian american, native american, or latino, there is no such thing as an illegal human being. history will not be kind to us if we fail to do what is right, what is just. we must pass bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. and we must pass it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. i'll continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. are these who

young people across america that these republicans would deny a dream whose lives they are so eager to disrupt tonight? maria is one of them. she came here as a 3-year-old. i've rallied with this young, articulate woman in san antonio for reform on several occasions. the first time maria even knew she was an immigrant was when she was unable to apply for college financial assistance. and so she worked three jobs, and because of the president's daca executive order, she was able to graduate from utsa, and now she's teaching kindergarten. another is sheridan, she was brought here as a 1-year-old. she tells me, i was encouraged to go to college, but my legal status made it difficult for me to plan. two years ago i graduated as valedictorian of my hool school -- high school and entered u.t.

where i have a 3.77 grade point average. because of the president's executive order, i work, i own a car, i pay my rent, i can travel. i am sustainable, and i can live without fear. i need daca so that i can go to graduate school and fulfill my career goals. repealing daca would be a huge step backwards for our country. republicans would deny the right to learn, the right to work, they would deny the dream. they would deny the hope for these young women and thousands of others across this country who pledge allegiance to america and have so much to contribute. may i extend? ms. slaughter: yield the gentleman a half minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 interf second. mr. doggett: you can call it conservative, i call it wasteful. it wastes talent that this nation needs. we need to reject this

mean-spirited legislation that would deny rights to these young people who are already contributing to our country and can give it so much more. we can't afford this wasteful bill. i urge its rejection. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. i would like to notify the gentlewoman from new york, i have no further speakers. i have been advised perhaps she has no further speakers. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, that's true. we have no further speakers. i'm prepared to close if my colleague is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. 13 minutes remaining. ms. slaughter: more than a year since the senate passed the bipartisan immigration reform, the house leadership has refused to allow a vote on its this essential legislation. even though we know it has the votes to pass. indeed, over the last 13 months, the majority has not taken one step, not one, to fix our broken immigration system.

if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up h.r. 15, our immigration reform bill already passed by the senate. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. and, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no, defeat the previous question, vote no on the underlying bills. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection on the u.c. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentlewoman, her team, and all of our staffs that have worked overtime, including our appropriations staff, our staff from energy and commerce that helped us with this as well as

the judiciary staff. mr. speaker, i have a fundamental disagreement with the president on the question of the border and that's why you are here today. and we believe that rule of law is important and we believe that america is a great and awesome country and we are very compassionate, but we take in millions of people each year through a legal process. america is a land of immigrants, but rule of law is important also. and we have problems with our border. we have had problems with our borders for years. after 9/11, threats against this country have placed enormous pressure not only on aur law enforcement, air, land, sea, rail and we feel like the federal government should do a better job if not encouraging people to come to this country and bypassing the laws and

laying down enforcement and making it easier for our country to be invaded. and that's what's happening right now. some 70,000 people have come to through our border and republicans are standing up and talking about this in a proper way, that we believe that the people who have come here should be allowed to go back home and should help them and should facilitate that. that we believe the rule of law, that the processes that we've got to follow to do that must be followed. yesterday, there was an amendment before the rules committee asking for almost $180 million to help pay for these children who, upon the democrat party and the president will stay in this country, that we will pay $180 million was the request for local school districts. there are enormous questions

that abound that who will pay, how is this supposed to happen when in fact america at this time has 25 million people unemployed and underemployed, a tremendous deficit that we face, our social systems and networks are burdened already and we have many people that we cannot help. what do we do? we take on more people. mr. speaker, i think it's time that we listen to the american people and we listen to what we are trying to do here and that is face up to what we are september here to do and make tough choice is. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the resolution, yes on the underlying resolution and i move the question question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: those favoring a vote by the yeas and

nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time of electronic vote on question of adoption of the resolution. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 226, the nays are 183, the previous

question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. ms. slaughter: on that, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 218, the nays are 191. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 4838, an act to

redesignate the railroad station at 2955 market street in philadelphia, pennsylvania, commonly known as 30th street station, as the william h. gray iii 30th street station. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r. 5230 will now resume. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 5230, a bill making supplemental appropriations for the year ending september 30, 20 14rks and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 7 10, the amendment printed in part a of house report 113-571 are adopted. the bill shall be debatable for an additional hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms.low wie, each

will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. the house will be in order. he house will be in order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of h.r. 5230 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, ordered. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend for a moment. the house will be in order. please remove your considerations -- conversations from the house floor. he house will be in order.

the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for such time as he shall consume. mr. rogers: i rise today to continue the debate on h.r. 5230 with further amendments added by the rule the house just adopted. the need po pass this bill before congress leaves for the august break is just as critical today as it was yesterday. may we have order? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. please remove your conversations from the house floor. he house will be in order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: this bill, mr. speaker, provides funding to meet immediate border security and humanitarian needs in response to the recent surge of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border. in terms of funding, this intill essentially the same as the legislation the house

considered yesterday. it emphasizes securing our borders, providing humanitarian assistance for unaccompanied children in u.s. custody, and preventing further influxes of illegal immigration. both by funding vital programs and by implementing important policy provisions. this is also a fiscally responsible bill. all funding is offset. so it won't add a pebny to our deficit. however, the bill differs from the version yesterday by adding an additional $35 million for the national guard to allow states, including texas, be reimbursed for national guard activities related to border security and the current influx of illegal immigrants. this brings the new total for the bill to $694 million and again, it is fully offset.

in addition, the bill includes new tweaks to various policy provisions which will help to further tighten our borders and provide solutions to help solve our immigration challenges for the future. mr. speaker, we have a crisis on our hands. and we can't simply get up and audiocassette away. it's our moral responsibility to properly care for and process the thousands of unaccompanied children who put their hands in the lives of criminals to cross our borders. we simply can't turn our backs on this we must pass this bill today. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. recognized for -- the gentlewoman from new york is ecognized.

mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i rise today to oppose this outrageous bill and the ridiculous process that produced it. just yesterday, this house attempted to consider a bill that went too far on policy and not far enough on funding levels. but apparently, even that wasn't bad enough for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. yesterday's bill vanished into thin air and in its place, we now have this haphazard mess. this bill is the result of some sort of auction with members of the majority. the bill also paves the way for another piece of legislation to

be approved tonight a brand new bill on the so-called daca, deferred action on undocumented children program, related to young people who were brought only s minors by 2007 and know the united states of america as their home. this new bill has not been approved by any committee, contains language that would put thousand -- throw thousands of young people into legal limbo this new supplemental funding bill would add an additional $35 million to reimburse states for deploying the national guard to the border. which is pointless. in other words, u.s. taxpayers in other words, u.s. taxpayers will pick up the tab for governor perry's campaign stunt. the bill also would change the

initial screening process used by customs and border patrol. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops opposes the change, noting, quote, it would make crippling changes to current u.s. trafficking victim protection law that we fear would send these vulnerable children and others in the future who have fled trauma, exploitation, and violence. back into harm's way. likely resulting in continued degradation, injury, and death to many of them. end quote. i ask unanimous consent to insert the letter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, the house majority needs to make up its collective mind. do they want to provide emergency funding to enable our

federal agencies to respond to the humanitarian crisis on the border, or do they wish to rewrite current law on immigration, political asylum, and due process? we can't do both in an hour of floor consideration. the house should have already taken up bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. the senate passed more than one year ago. with the support of democrats and republicans. the labor and business communities. evangelicals, law enforcement, and many others. we would have been proud to work together with our republicans on the other side of the aisle to give thoughtful consideration to this immigration process. the senate did it. we had an opportunity to do it.

and instead we are rushing through tonight to put a bill on the floor that has changed many times as it has proceeded through the process. that bill, the competitive -- comprehensive immigration bill, would have helped prevent the crisis on the border today. if we had passed this one year ago, we wouldn't be in the desperate situation we are in now. now we are at a point where it requires emergency supplemental funding that we should provide cleanly, quickly, without the baggage of extraneous policy that caused so much political division. this package crossed the line from being a supplemental spending bill and became a controversial revision of immigration policy with limited funding thrown in as an

afterthought. that's a shame. that's really sad. because we know that the departments of homeland security, justice, health and human services, and state need his money to do the job. mr. speaker, just last year this body allowed a small vocal minority to push a government shutdown over controversial policy ideas. this process today causes me to wonder whether many have learned the perils of such wreck recklessness. i urge my colleagues to oppose this package and start over. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, we are here with this crisis because

the president announced a policy that no one would be deported unless they were a crime cal. -- criminal. that word spread through our central american countries. and families said, hey, the gates are opened. while this president's in office, you go there and you get in and you won't be deported. and the administration knew this two years ago. the work came out -- word came out we were being flooded, increasingly so, from central american countries. so we are here trying to picks -- fix the problem that's an emergency caused by this administration. and the administration's control of the other body rather than help us solve the problem left town at noon today. without doing anything.

so we are trying to clean up their mess. the administration's mess. and this bill will do that. let me yield three minutes to the gentlelady from texas, the chair of the speaker's task force on the border security and the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for the hard work you put into this difficult situation. we are here tonight because this congress has a responsibility to immediately stop the humanitarian crisis on our southern border. the president has failed to lead, the senate failed to lead , this chamber has to lead. ms. granger: since october, 58,000 unaccompanied minors have made the treacherous 1,000-mile journey from central america across mexico and through our southern border. tens of thousands more

unaccompanied minors are expected to come if we don't act. doing nothing is not an option. i repeat, doing nothing is not an option. the members of the working group i chaired made recommendations for an immediate short-term response. i want to recognize the hard work and commitment of the working group members who made targeted policy recommendations on how to end this crisis. our conclusions included in the bill are to tweak the 2008 trafficking victims protection re-authorization act to make sure that all unaccompanied minors are treated the same as mexicans. prioritize last in, first out. expedite the hearing process within seven days after the children are detained, and hire additional temporary judges to support the accelerated process. to fully support customs and border protection, we'll allow border patrol unfettered access

to federal lands. finally the supplemental includes a sense of congress that children should not be detained in military bases. the congressional budget office has given its assessment of the policy changes in this legislation. they said that because the legislation allows for the children to self-deport, it will immediate to immediate savings. i want to commend -- it will lead to immediate savings. i want to commend chairman rogers on this bill that helps address the crisis immediately, and i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the supplemental. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gallego. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. thank you, mr.

speaker. if you read what reporters are already saying, they are saying that this isn't a serious bill that will ever become law. that opportunity was lost yesterday when the original bill was pulled. they are saying this bill does nothing because it isn't going anywhere once it leaves the house. the perception of the press and the american people is that this is all political theater. why don't we prove them wrong? why don't we cancel our travel plans and commit to staying here until we can agree on an actual solution to this border issue that we can put into a bill that might actually have a shot of becoming law? any single one of us who is married knows the importance of compromise. imagine what happens if you walk into your house every day and you tell your spouse, i really don't care what you think today. i'm not interested in your opinion. we are going to do it my way. well, that marriage wouldn't

last very long. anyone who is in a marriage knows the importance of compromise and knows what happens when a relationship is one-sided. we can get together on this. we did it for the v.a. we can and we should do it for this. an opportunity to sit down around the same table, negotiate our way through in a very serious and a very real way without the rhetoric. just simple reason. simple common sense that makes a difference every day for the people on our border. that's what i would ask. and that's what i think the american people are asking. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, the newly elected majority whip of

the u.s. house, mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from kentucky, chairman of the appropriations committee, for his leadership. the gentlelady from texas for her leadership in putting this working group together to bring a bill to address this crisis. mr. speaker, there is a crisis at our border. the president's refused and failed to do his job to address the crisis. the senate he, in fact, today failed to do their job and left town without passing anything to address this crisis. but the house is here working. the people's house is here working and we are not going to stop working until we get our job done and pass legislation that actually addresses this crisis. and that's what this bill does, mr. speaker. we've got a bill that actually allows the governors along the border call up the national guard to help secure the border. the president ought to do this

job. the president has all the tools to secure the border, but he won't. he has failed to do one of his basic functions in securing the american border, but shouldn't the governors along that border be able to call up the national guard to help secure it if the president won't? not only do we do that, mr. speaker, but we put the funds in place to ensure that it gets done. some other things we do is end this catch and release program. that has been a magnet for thousands of people to come across the border and be released throughout the country. some never to be seen again. we can stop this and we do in our bill. mr. speaker, this is important legislation that actually sends a strong message that we are going to take this issue seriously. we are going to actually solve this crisis. if the senate wants to be serious about doing their job, if the president wants to be serious about doing their job, they ought to come back here and pass something of their own. but they won't.

that's no reason to fail to lead. that's why the house is leading and we are going to pass this bill. we are going to propose a solution to this crisis. i encourage the senate to come back and do their job. i encourage the president to start doing his. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren, the ranking member of the immigration subcommittee of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, we have heard repeatedly that this bill simply treats all children the way that mexican children are treated. it's true that the bill would subject all children to the ineffective border screening that mexican children now undergo. but it actually makes that screening much worse. under the anti-slavery law, mexican children are permitted to withdraw their applications for admission and return to mexico only if the border patrol screener determines that

the child has the capacity to understand what is going ton and can independently agree to withdraw the application for admission. this bill strikes back from the -- that language. under this bill it does not matter whether the child can comprehend that she has been given the option to voluntarily return to her home country because in this bill it does not matter what she thinks. this bill now says that while a child may be permitted to withdraw her application for admission, no matter what, she shall be returned. no matter what, once the border patrol decides that's the end of the discussion, that kid is going home. this is not just about our southern border and children from central america. this new procedure would apply to any unaccompanied minor child who appears at our border seeking asylum. it could mean that the pregnant chinese teenager fleeing forced abortion in china simply gets

turned away. it could mean that syrian christian children fleeing horrific violence and persecution in syria simply get turned away. it would turn aside a child from thailand being trafficked for sex. i don't know that this was necessarily the intention of the authors of this bill, i would certainly hope not. but that is the way the bill is written. that's the effect it would have. and i think it is simply unconscionable. with that, i yield back to -- my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rorblingse: mr. speaker, i yield four -- mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, the chairman of the house judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for four minutes. r. goodlatte: thank you, mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 5230. there's a crisis at our

southern border and it is a disaster of president obama's own making. the obama administration's lax immigration enforcement policies have given confidence to parents who are in the u.s. illegally that they can stay and now they are finding ways to bring their children, who are still in central america and beyond, to the united states unlawfully. although president obama has many tools at his disposal to stop this surge at the border he, refuses to use them and instead proposes to make the situation worse by taking more unilateral actions to stop the enforcement of our immigration laws. it is ultimately up to president obama to end this crisis by reversing his policies that created it. however, since he refuses to do so, we have to act to the extent we can to provide narrow and targeted funding to meet the immediate needs of our law enforcement agencies at the southern border. we have to enable them to do their job to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws.

and we need to tweak the 2008 law about removing unaccompanied minors. need to treat apprehended minors from central america in e same manner we treat apprehended minors from mexico and canada. the president has called for such treatment. d.h.s. secretary johnson said the act of 2008 needed to be amended. quote, in terms of changing the law, he said, we're asking for the ability to treat unaccompanied kids from a central american country in the same way as from a contiguous country, end quote. that's what this bill does. based on language written by representative carter. and it makes the important clarification that all minors from any country who do not have a credible fear of persecution and have not been

trafficked shall be expeditiously returned home. because the president's inaction, we are taking the responsible step today of passing these narrow fixes that will help the american people avoid billions of dollars in additional costs due to the president not trying to solve this problem, but asking for more money to continue to resettle tens of thousands of people into the interior of our country. while the bill is not perfect, it does give law enforcement many tools they have requested. for example, while i was in the rio grande valley earlier this month, border patrol agents is -- agents cited administration created restrictions that bar them access to federal lands as a significant stumbling block to securing the border. one of the mor important po visions of the bill gives border patrol agents access to federal lands so they can stop drug traffickers, human smugglers, and unlawful immigrants from exploiting these gaps along the border. since the president isn't

taking the serious action feeded to address the crisis at the border, the house is doing so today. again, i urge my colleagues to support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the distinguished minority whip of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two inn miss. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, house republicans have taken two bad bills that failed to meet the challenge of the humanitarian cry soins the border and made them worse. they are worse for children, they're worse for women, they are worse for those who were brought here as children, grew up here and know no other home than america. these bills do not reflect america's values and our

highest ideals. the bills that were put forward yesterday had no chance of seeing action in the senate. neither do these. in fact, retchtive john fleming is reported to have said that the supplemental bill is, and i quote, political cover. and that, and i continue to quote, not a single republican in the house believes it will be signed into law. i believe that statement to be absolutely accurate. chairwoman granger mitigating circumstance friend work whom i served on the appropriations committee, said just a few minutes ago, doing nothing is not an option. and i very politely suggest to her, what we are doing tonight is nothing. but what we do tonight will not pass, will not solve a problem, will not change policy.

and it will not give the need red sources that are necessary. republicans have once again embraced their my way or the highway at constitute, the same attitude that led to last year's shut dunn. instead of reaching across the aisle and working with democrats on bipartisan legislation that can address this crisis and be enacted, we are debating a bill that is not only bad in substance, but that was brought to the floor in near secrecy. republican of the majority's own three-day rule. how ironic. how ironic that majority leader mccarthy said, in an op-ed in "the washington post" today, quote, i will commit to the committee process and regular order. this is neither the committee process, nor regular order. may i have an additional minute, madam chair? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. hoyer: unfortunately, the house action tonight does not reflect those words from this

morning's op-ed. mr. speaker, we ought to have a responsible, bipartisan measure to provide the needed funds to address the border crisis. but we also must see this as a remind over why we must pass comprehensive immigration reform. speaker boehner himself said the house would act, saying last may, the house remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system. this is not a fix, but tonight we must address the crisis before us. our republican friends should work with democrats on a solution that can pass the house, this probably can. pass the senate -- this cannot. and be signed by the president -- nobody here, as congressman flemming indicated, believes that will be the case. tonight will be a loss for rational humanitarian action and a victory for partisan, negative policy. how sad. how wrong.

how disappointing. to the american people. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, at least the house is putting a bill on the floor and passing it which solves the problem. if we had the senate here to work with us, we might be able to get a bill the president could sign. but the senate is gone. they've left. so i would hope that the leader of the senate would recognize that his body is getting severely criticized for leaving town without offering a solution to this crisis on our border. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas who chairs the homeland security subcommittee, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman.

thank you, mr. speaker. as chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security and as a native texan, i'm uniquely familiar with our southern border. i'm also uniquely familiar with the national security crisis and law enforcement nightmare erupting on that border, primarily in my state of texas. mr. speaker, as i've often said, and said yesterday, lawlessness breeds law lissness. the crisis -- breeds lawlessness. the crisis on our border is in large part the result of the president's political decision to not enforce the immigration laws of this nation. the house intends to correct that tonight. in many ways this bill is similar to the legislation the house considered yesterday. but some -- but it has some important improvements. once again, funding for this package is fully offset and provides the resources needed to address the immediate crisis

this bill also includes necessary policy changes to bring parity to the adjews case and reparation of these children. many of these provisions are barred are from -- borrowed from a bill i draft aid long with robert aderholt and jack kingston, the protection of children act. this bill expands the tools available to our border patrol agents and allows them to better and more quickly screen the influx of migrant children. it ensures a timely trial so no child will have to wait in limbo for months or years to find out whether or not they will be able to stay in the united states. it includes crucial language to prevent these children from being placed with criminals, sex offenders or human traffickers. and finally, this bill provides for additional resources to our border -- to our board of governors as they work to assist federal officials in

keeping their citizens safe. i urge my colleagues to join me and others in supporting this strong bill. lawlessness has bred this lawlessness. we must stop it and secure or border. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas' time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the jerusalem -- the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: before i return -- before i turn to the gentleman, i would like to remind the distinguished chair of the appropriations committee that the reason the senate could not bring a bill to the floor, because not one republican will allow the procedural vote of cho lur -- cloture to bring the bill to the floor, therefore we're having a very important debate but this bill, as you know is going nowhere. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, the ranking member of the homeland security subcommittee on appropriations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for three

minutes. mr. price: i rise in strong opposition to this so-called appropriations bill. i say so-called because it really is mainly about ill-advised and mean-spirited policy changes. rather than providing the necessary funds to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the border this bill mainly reduces protections for young people facing violence that we can hardly imagine. for a while it looked like we might do better than this as the ranking member of the homeland security appropriations subcommittee, i was pleased to take part in a recent delegation, ably led by chairwoman kay gringer a dell fwation to central america. but as successive versions of the republican bill have surfaced over the past two weeks, in a quest for votes only among republicans, they've reflected less and less of what we learned on that trip. that was true when i said it yesterday, and it's even more true of the bill before us now. and by the way, to respond to a

claim we've heard tonight, not a person we talked to any time, anywhere blamed the surge in unaccompanied mynornse president's decision to prioritize the deportation of dangerous criminals. that's just not a credible proposition. the bill under consideration provides less than $1 billion for the departments of homeland security, health and human services, justice, and state, far below what's required to deal with this crisis. and what of the money that is in the bill? most of it reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue before us. this isn't a border security crisis. it's a humanitarian crisis. we don't need to deploy the national guard or surge our border capacity. because we're not failing to catch individuals as they cross. in fact, these young people are turning themselves in. this new, worse, bill brought

before us just hours ago would entice texas and other states to use the national guard to militarize the southern border and at the same time underfunds the additional judges i thought we agreed were needed. we all know we need to deal with the claims put forward by these young people who present themselves. so mr. speaker, let's pass an appropriations bill that reflect ours country's values and actually addresses the problems we face. and let's face up to our responsibility to pass comprehensive immigration reform as the senate did a year ago. this bill moves us in exactly the wrong direction. i urge its rejection. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the military construction-v.a. subcommittee on appropriations, mr.

culberson of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. culberson: thank you, mr. chairman. i've heard several of my democratic colleagues say this bill does not reflect american values. i'm disappointed to hear them say that because it reflects a fundamental, one of the most fundamental differences in our two parties. we on our side believe in the most important american value, law enforcement. the first design on the first coin in the public of mexico said liberty and law. we understand that there can be no liberty without law enforce. . the bill before us tonight is very simple. this is not complecate. s that law enforcement issue. s that law enforcement bill. without respect for the law there can be no liberty. without respect for the law there can be no peace and quiet. my good friend, henry cuellar, who i served with in the texas legislature, understands better than most because laredo is the largest inland port in the united states, his constituents need law and order in order to

be prosperous, to be able to trade with mexico. our most important trading partner that relationship with mexico is essential to texas' economy, to the united states' economy and for that relationship to thrive, there must be law and order. there must be respect for the law and there must be peace and quiet on the streets of laredo so children can play in the streets, so people don't have to worry about whether or not they can send their kids down to the corner store, whether or not they can thrive in the future. it's a tragedy what's happened in nuevo laredo, one of the mideast beautiful cities on the border is now a -- one of the most beautiful cities on the boarder is now a ghost town because of the crime. it is our core value to respect the law, to enforce the law work a kind heart and common sense. . by trust our national garnedsmen to use their good hearts and common sense as americans to distinguish between the widow and her child who is escaping a terrible

situation at home. we are trusting the good hearts and good sense of our immigration officers to know the difference between a tattooed criminal and a drug dealer and a smuggler, and the child who has come here innocently brought up on the -- in the troughs the president of the united states has made inviting them up here. it's a tragedy for them. it's a tragedy for our border communities. it's a tragedy for the country to let these folks come into the country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. culberson: this is a law enforcement issue. it's a law enforcement bill. i encourage a yes vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am proud to be a member of the congress of the united states of america because i have respect for the law. the comprehensive immigration bill has been sitting out there for over a year. if we could work in a bipartisan way, if we could show that we have respect for the law, we would have had a serious debate and really passed the law. this bill is going nowhere.

as you know the republicans in the senate wouldn't even bring a bill to the floor. and that's why i'm proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. becerra: i thank the ranking member for yielding. the corrosive effects of shutdown do-nothing politics is on full display here tonight in the house of representatives. stripping the rights of protections of children is never a good solution in any legislation. whether it's the children huddled at the border alone and afraid, or now including the young dreamers of america who believe in this country. they have now become the targets of this legislation. they are the ones that are being told, it's because of you that we must change the law and treat human beings so harshly. mr. speaker, if i could speak to those frightened children

and our dreamers of america, and those working for a fair solution on their behalf, this is what i would say. [speaking in a foreign language] tonight with this bill we see what happens when for more than 390 days our republican colleagues refuse to allow a vote on the senate bipartisan

solution to a broken immigration system. but for the shutdown, do-nothing politics in this house we could have tackled the humanitarian issues we face down on the border a year ago. but we haven't been able to get a vote to do this the right way. it's time to have that vote to fix the broken immigration system. not blame children and punish them by changing the law to strip them of their rights and protections. we can do better. this bill will not become law and we'll have a chance to do better for those children, for those dreamers, and quite honestly for america. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california will provide a translation of his statement for the record. the gentleman from yield back the balance of his time of the the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: may i inquire of the time remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky has 14 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentlewoman from new york has 12 minutes remaining. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the

gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. rothfus: mr. speaker, this border crisis is one of the president's making. we are here on a friday night in august because the president has not done his job. his failure to enforce the law and failure to secure the border have encouraged tens of thousands of children to make a dangerous journey to the united states. on the way, they are exposed to traffickers, health trisks -- risks, and other dangers. that's not fair to these children. this is just the latest example of the president's lack of regard for the rule of law and how it has very real consequences. this legislation before the house addresses the crisis with solutions that prioritize resources to expedite the processing of cases, provide temporary housing and humanitarian assistance, return children to their countries of

origin, and deploy the national guard. importantly it will prevent future humanitarian crises by amending current law to allow children to be promptly returned to their native home. this legislation is not a blank check for the president. it is a carefully crafted response to the chaos that the president has allowed to develop on the border, and in these children's lives. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back the balance of hi -- of his time. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield 12 1/2 minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. lee, a member of the labor, health, and human services, and foreign operations subcommittee of appropriations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much. let me thank our ranking member, mrs. lowey, for yielding me. your tremendous leadership. let me start by saying, yes, as an appropriator i am very troubled by the shameful first of all inadequate funding

levels and the dangerous policy riders in this bill. let's be honest, the bill before us in no way is a genuine effort to address the humanitarian crisis on our borders. we should be trying to help these children by making sure that they are safe and receiving due process. rather than militarizing our southern border. instead, this bill strips protections for children and accelerates deportations of children back to nations with some of the highest rates of deadly violence on the planet. according to a report by the united nations high commission for refugees, nearly 60% of affected children would qualify for international protections and stated that they were fleeing violence. this bill is shameful and does not reflect our country's proud legacy as a nation of immigrants. we should be debating real proposals like comprehensive immigration reform that can

really improve the lives of people and the american economy. we could pass it today. instead, we are here playing politics with the lives of children. this bill flies in the face of our values and does nothing once again to address due process for these children. this was a terrible bill yesterday. it's worse tonight. it will not become law, thank goodness. hopefully all of us will vote no and come back and begin to look at how we really address the needs of these children. they need our help. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york vefpblgt mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from new hampshire, miss shortstop -- miss shorpe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new hampshire is recognized for one minute. miss shorpe: mr. speaker, how id a $35 billion eerment for

2012 and maybe 2016 republican presidential candidate, texas governor rick perry, get into this bill? and why is texas governor rick perry chooses to send the texas national guard to the texas border on his own not as a national decision or response, that is his right. but he should pay for it. it's wrong to tax new hampshire taxpayers and taxpayers around the country to pay for a $35 million earmark for a texas governor who acted on his own and now should pay for his decision. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from new hampshire yields back her time. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky roists. the gentlewoman from new york vefpblgt mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i yield one -- new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield one minute to ms. pelosi, the minority leader of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute.

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman from for yielding. the time is late. the cause is great. we must, we must have clarity in how we understand what is before us. today we had an opportunity to work together to address humanitarian emergency at the border. instead it is a day of missed opportunity. the republican leadership has rejected our hand of friendship to compromise on this supplemental. instead of bringing legislation forward that could solve this problem really and truly, it has resisted the appeals of humanitarian and religious leaders across all faiths. van gallonical -- evangelicals calls on us to strengthen our country's position to providing safety and ref few to the vulnerable. this legislation we have before us does not do that.

it is wrong. don't take my word for it. the u.s. conference of catholic ishops urges members to oppose 5230, and work together to craft legislation that is more befitting the united states of america and the american people's history of compassion, and generosity to vulnerable children and refugees. the archbishop of miami, speaking on their behalf, has said, of this legislation the two pieces of legislation before us, this is a sad day for our country, the archbishop wrote. a chamber of congress is poised to send vulnerable children back to danger and possible death. it violates our commitment to human rights and due process of the law and lessens us as a nation. that's what the archbishop said. in their letter, the bishops

further state their opposition to h.r. 5232 and say that it stems from its elimination of the deferred action for children's arrivals program. otherwise known as daca. in conclusion, the bishop's right, how our nation responds to this humanitarian challenge is a moral test of our national character. we ask that you oppose h.r. 5230, and 5232 which we feel ail to live up to that test. others such as the american bar association writes, due to their age, lack of education, language, and cultural barriers, and the complex it of u.s. immigration law -- complexity of u.s. immigration law, they face obstacles to face an immigration judge on their own. it is the children most likely to be eligible for some relief under the law who may least be able to articulate their

experiences under this proposed procedure. they have been through a lot of trauma and we want to add to that. yet this has not been enough to stem what the house republicans have -- the path they are going down. to further poison the pie, they offer their caucus the chance to even be less compassionate in their vote to end daca and to deport the creamers -- dreamers. it's not enough for republicans to send desperate children back to violence in their home countries. they must also vote to deport the best young immigrants and brightest in our schools. vote to send victims of domestic violence back to their abusers. vote to hand witnesses back to drug lords. vote to remove the parents of american children. these pieces of legislation dishonor america. they are a rejection of our values. but don't take it from me.

take it from the bishops, the evangelical table, and others. they count -- they one run counter to the respect for the spark ofdy vinity that we believe exists in every person. the respect for the dignity and worth of every person that we share. that these pieces of legislation ignore. house republicans have truly lost their way. i certainly hope that you will consider rereading the paraable of the good smare -- the parable of the good samaritan who helps a stranger. he did not ignore or harm a stranger he saw on the road. perhaps that may be a path back for you. i pray that it's so. mr. speaker, i want to submit for the record the letter of the bishop the evangelical table and the list of hdr