this amendment I think is a very simple amendment. It actually strikes language that I put in in the committee at an earlier time when we were discussing this. I think the language is no longer relevant and no longer useful to this bill. It refers to a different fiscal year, and that is why I ask to strike it.
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Let me point out, since Dodd-Frank, 17 million jobs have been created; 15 million of them under Obama, 2 million under Trump.
This bill also authorizes $24 billion to build a stupid wall. This bill also says it is going to be harder for family reunification by repealing two laws that already allow it. This bill also says that 3 million people who have done the…
But it is also worth noting that to the American people, it was Democrats under the sterling leadership of our Ranking Member, Ms. Maxine Waters, who has been fighting and been our protector on many of these issues.
What is difficult for me to understand is the obsession on just one border, and the obsession on only one fix to the issue there.
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