ms. hahn. ms. hahn: please join me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it is my honor this morning to express the gratitude in the house for this morning's opening prayer by one of maryland's most dynamic and inspirational faith leaders, my dear friend, pastor jonathan leslie weaver. pastor weaver likes to share with visitors to his church this verse from salms 68. blessed be the lord who daily loads us with benefits. for the past 25 years, mr. speaker, reverend weaver has been sharing the benefits of his care and his wisdom with his flock at the greater african memphis church in maryland. pastor weaver has overseen its growth from 100 members in 1988 to more than 1,600 today. and it now has more than 50 minute st

ms. hahn: thank you, madam speaker. this month we join together as a nation to celebrate women's history month. we pay tribute to the generation of women whose current, perseverance, and leadership have helped build our great nation. from everyday working mothers to women like civil rights icon rosa parks, and labor activist, doloresa werta. our journey would not be possible without these great women and so many others who proudly took the seat at the table an front of the bus to chart the way for our nation's progress. but while progress has been made in gender equality, we still have a lot more to do. when 2/3 of the minimum wage workers are women in this country, and nearly a third of families headed by a single female are living in poverty, instead of simply using women's history month to highlight the contributions of women leaders, let's take this opportunity to examine the current challenges facing our mothers, sisters, our daughters and ensure that these women have workplace protections such as equal pay, afford

ms. hahn: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to encourage my colleagues to bring real comprehensive immigration reform to this house floor. this week the house will consider the enforce act which would effectively force the deportation of our nation's dreamers and our dreamers are the young people in this country, children of immigrants, who were brought to this country when they were very young and have grown up loving this country just like you and i. and forcing the president's hand in this way is yet another example of placing politics ahead of people. the president has granted deferred action status for so many of these depreemers because of the inaction of this -- dreamers because of the inaction of this house. now my republican colleagues are trying to take away the president's ability to help these young americans. such as laura nunez, a dreamer whom i met last month where my office helped her obtain the deferred action status. her family came to the united states from mexico when she was just 7 years old, a