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On the recordJune 15, 2018
Mr. Speaker, normally at this time the majority leader and I do a colloquy. We do a colloquy to discuss the schedule for the week to come. My suspicion is they don't know what the schedule is for the week to come because they were going to offer two immigration bills to undermine the proposal that so many have made to have four alternatives on DACA available for the people's House to speak for the people. We are noting today 6 years since President Obama put into place protection for DACA protectees. Mr. Speaker, 86 percent of the American people support doing just that, and the President asked this House to act. Mr. Aguilar and Mr. Hurd in a bipartisan way--everybody says to the public: Yes, we want to work in a bipartisan way--well, the majority had the opportunity to do it, and they have retreated from that responsibility and that assertion. I lament the fact that we have not acted as the President asked us to on protecting DACA. They are Americans in everything but paper. ____________________
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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