mr. serrano. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. serrano: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. serrano: thank you. this is one of those moments -- moments where the best you can do is scratch your head and say, what the heck are they thinking? we have a bipartisan bill a homeland security bill. that if it was put up for a vote would pass almost unanimously, if not unanimously. but no, they couldn't help themselves. they had to take one more shot at the president and a bigger shot at immigrants. so the bill is loaded down with attacks on immigrants. mostly latino immigrants, i must say, would be affected, and that's personal to me. what this bill now would say if it gets all these amendments on it and by the way, i want to say that i'm opposed to the bill with the amendments and not opposed to the bill in its clean fashion. and i think that's the way most members think. what this bill now says is that for instance, if you're in the military, serving our country, your spouse can be

mr. serrano. mr. serrano:to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district not exceeding 10 miles square as may be by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the united states, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings, mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. mr. smith:and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states, or in any department or officer thereof. section 9, the migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808 but a tax or duty may be imposed

mr. serrano. mr. serrano: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks.nk my colleague, mr. crowley, this week in 1975, i became a member of the new york state assembly. this week in 1975 mario cuomo became secretary of state. i levitt to come to congress in 1990. i'm fortunate to have served 16 of the 20 years he served in the executive branch in the legislature. in 1983, when i became chairman of the education committee i really got to know him and speak to him and to understand what everyone that has spoken has already said that above all this man never forgot and understood how important it was for him to be the son of an immigrant family system of he wanted everyone else to have the same opportunity. yes, he was eloquent. yes, he had to be a great human being, after all, he was a minor league baseball player, and signed by the pittsburgh pirates i believe, to play ball. that alone makes him a great guy. but he was an eloquent man who also remembered his humble beginnings in the grocery store having to work, to get to law school to be able to understa

mr. serrano. mr. serrano:to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district not exceeding 10 miles square as may be by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the united states, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings, mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. mr. smith:and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states, or in any department or officer thereof. section 9, the migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808 but a tax or duty may be imposed

mr. serrano: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just take -- mr. engel: i want to express my deep disappointment at the votes just taken in the house. in light of what went on in paris new york light of september 11, in light of the fact that there are terrorist cells, we need the department of homeland security to be fully funded. differences of opinion with the president on the immigration bill, that should be fought on an immigration bill. but we shouldn't mix apples with oranges. my mother used to say you shouldn't cut off your nose to spite your face and that's exactly what this house did just before. we cut off our nose to spite our face, prove a point of dissatisfaction with the president, we cut funds for homeland security. that's an irresponsible act. i really wish it would be reversed. we need to fully fund homeland security. the fight on immigration is the fight on immigration, let's not mix apples with oranges to quote another metaphor. so i am terribly disappointed