On the recordAugust 1, 2014
I am prepared to close whenever my friend is prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this terrible martial law rule. We have no idea what the hell we are going to be voting on. This is just a rule that allows them to bring up anything at any time between now and September 5. I want to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question, and if we defeat the previous question, I will bring up H.R. 15, which is the bipartisan Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform bill. Mr. Speaker, we are talking about poor kids, most of them fleeing terrible violence. I am ashamed at the insensitivity and the lack of compassion from the other side. America is a better country. Let's not lose our humanity in this process. If the United States of America stands for anything, it stands out loud and foursquare for human rights. We are better than the angry mobs yelling at children. The anger and the nastiness and the insensitivity is not the face of America we want to show the rest of the world. We are better. I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to act like it. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
