On the recordJanuary 14, 2019
I appreciate the gentlewoman's comments tonight. It is a serious matter before us right now as a nation. That is why we are having this conversation tonight. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), and I thank him for being here this evening. I think he is the first person, certainly tonight and the other night we had a discussion, from California to be here, so I appreciate him coming. I would like to hear about what he thinks about where we are at and what we need to do. Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, Representative Hartzler, for having this Special Order tonight and for allowing me to be part of it. I join her in my great concern for the crisis that is happening at our southern border. I agree with our President that it is a humanitarian and national security crisis that has been ignored for far too long. Being from California, I can name three names, just right off the top of my head, that are the sign of our porous borders and the tragedy we have seen from them. We all remember Kate Steinle, killed in San Francisco with her family; Jamiel Shaw from southern California, needlessly killed; and, as Mrs. Hartzler mentioned, most recently, Ronil Singh from central California, a police officer, as she mentioned, who did it the right way, serving in honor to help keep our streets safe, all mowed down by illegal immigrants in our country. {time} 1945 Now, some will downplay this.…
