Jeff Denham: “First, I would like to extend some thanks to Chairman Gowdy and Ranking Member Lofgren, not only for giving me the…”

“First, I would like to extend some thanks to Chairman Gowdy and Ranking Member Lofgren, not only for giving me the privilege and the honor to speak before their Subcommittee on Immigration yesterday, but as well to have conversations in my district and to have conversations in my State with a number of constituents that are affected by our immigration policy. This is something we have to act on now. This is something for which we need to make sure we've got a top-to-bottom approach. It is an issue on which Republicans and Democrats can actually come together that is vitally important to our economy and to the greatness of our country: making sure that our border security is actually secure, not only with a fence and greater law enforcement, but by actually redeploying the security technology and surveillance equipment from Afghanistan; making sure that we've got the internal security as we move forward--an E-Verify system--making sure that we can actually verify the jobs within our communities so we can address not only jobs, but the high unemployment in so many areas; making sure that we actually have a temporary worker program so that we can address our ag economy. Let's make sure that we have a top-to-bottom approach. So I ask that this body address this in a bipartisan fashion. ____________________”