ms. brenda. >> hello, mr. hoyer. >> good afternoon. my name is sunny lawyer. -- i'm joined by congresswoman brenda lawrence from michigan and by the chairman of the congressional hispanic caucus. michelle obama grisham -- michelle lujan grisham from new mexico. i am very pleased to be here also with an extraordinary talented, committed group of americans who just don't have any paper. in every other sense they're americans. as bob menendez said at the white house yesterday, they put their hand over their heart and pledged allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and they sing the star spangled banner as their national anthem. they came here as young people, as children. and they are in every sense americans. and we are here today with them and with forward u.s. to talk about making sure that their status, which the president of the united states whom i sat next to yesterday said should not be returned or sent to someplace they do not know and is not their country and that they ought to stay here. mr. president, we agree w

ms. brenda. >> hello, mr. hoyer.