NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “my colleagues, I rise in strong support of the rule and the legislation. Let me start with this observation. With all…”

“my colleagues, I rise in strong support of the rule and the legislation. Let me start with this observation. With all due respect to my colleague from Massachusetts, it is never a sham when we come to the people's House with legitimately different points of view to be articulated. That is the strength of our constitutional Republic. And to my other friend from Massachusetts managing the rule for the other side, let me respectfully suggest that this is not a Republican problem or a Democratic problem, it is an American problem. Now, with the preceding speaker, I take great exception to the notion that somehow this is a masquerade. I appreciate the delineation of process, and following that logic, let's make this point. What we do in process is prioritize. I, for example, have a provision in the underlying legislation that deals with outlawing the tunnels, which is not a crime, believe it or not. This is a reasonable and necessary action. This is a reasonable and necessary action to be taken. My friend from Texas got up and spoke about a bill that had passed through the Senate dealing with a fence. The problem was that in the final bill passed by the Senate, there was a provision to ask for the Mexican Government's permission to have such a fence. Clearly that doesn't sit well with the American people. Although my friends lament taking the hearings to the people out of Washington, D.C., it is exactly what we should have done. We have heard from the people.…”