I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. I rise today on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or, as you heard, DACA…
Juan Vargas
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Juan Carlos Vargas is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Vargas has focused on issues such as immigration reform, healthcare, and environmental protection during his time in office. He has been an advocate for the rights of immigrants and has worked to address the challenges faced by his constituents in California.
I am very nervous about the Kurds now in Syria--in particular, ethnic cleansing.
what has happened here recently, I think, is a disaster--a terrible disaster
I hope that you are a little more aggressive when it comes to discrimination.
I think this might be a banner day. I think this is the first time that I have ever sat in a committee, with both Republicans and Democrats, where no one has disagreed that climate change exists.
This is the first time--and I have sat in hundreds of hearings--that climate change has been brought up and there hasn't been ridicule about it.
I think it is interesting, when I was in law school, one of the big issues was the issue of the ozone depletion.
When most of the scientists, in fact virtually all of them, point at climate change and say it is real.
It is becoming more and more clear to my friends on the other side that climate change is real. It is not a Chinese hoax.
I would just close with saying this: Remember, these are children who were brought to the United States through no decision of their own. It was their parents'. So many of us have children, and they don't get to make their own decisions…
Again, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I thank the gentleman from North Carolina, the gentleman from California, and, again, my friend from Florida for their comments. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
I do thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) for his kind words. I appreciate my good friend. Mr. Chair, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price).





