ms. martinez.ause] >> all of us from the wealthiest to the young children i have seen in this country bloated by starvation we all have one precious possession and that is the name american. it is not easy to know what that means but to be an american means to have been an outcast and the stranger and to have come to the country and to know that he who denies the exile and the strange among us to also deny america. [applause] >> please welcome the former prime minister of italy. [applause] >> we seem to have the the gross national product includes pollution and cigarette advertising. it counts account as a distraction and the rules of a natural wonder. and armored guards for the police to fight the riots in our cities. and those programs that fight violence in order to sell toys to our children. yes. the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children for the joy of the education. it does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of the marriages. those public debate

ms. martinez. [applause] >> all of us from the wealthiest to the young children i have seen in this country bloated by starvation. we offer one precious possession and that is the name american. it is not easy to know what that means, but in part, to be an american means have been an outcast and a stranger. to have come to the exiled country and to know that he who denies the exile and the stranger still among us, also denies america. [applause] >> please welcome the former prime minister of italy. [applause] >> we seem to have surrounded personal excellence and in the merelues accumulation of material things. productss national counter pollution and cigarette advertising. it counts special ops for the people. andounters the distraction the laws of our natural wonder. it counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. it counts the television programs that glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. yes. the gross national product does not allow

martinez, but we can do something to heal our country. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: america's listening to the pain of so many of my members, my colleagues, as we have experienced the devastation of watching families torn apart from their babies, their toddlers, their young children. i've spent my sunday and monday, father's day, looking at those who just simply wanted an opportunity. holding baby roger in my hands whose mother had died and whose sister was ripped away from him and prosecuted criminally for entering the united states. or baby leah who was 1 year old and obviously fussy and had been in such a way that she was experiencing trauma. and yet we now have this executive order that looks as if the president has done something that he could not have done a few hours ago, which is picking up the telephone and telling the people at the border to cease and desist. those are good people who work there.