Joe Cunningham: “I hear in the Chamber about the 9/11 families. Our hearts go out to them. But our hearts also go out to the men and…”

“I hear in the Chamber about the 9/11 families. Our hearts go out to them. But our hearts also go out to the men and women we lose every day overseas in the military. Those losses are also felt. We owe the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) our gratitude for making this bill and those people safer. I disagree with my colleague that just spoke. The bill without the immigration provisions puts this country at great risk. Unfortunately, if we do not vote for this bill that has other good provisions, by voting against this bill you put this country at great risk. We have a pledge from the Speaker, and his word is gold to both sides of the aisle, that we will address these issues in January. And for the other body, they better be ready for us to camp out at their front door, because we are coming. And unless they bring this up, you are going to have a mass of people fighting for these immigration issues. It is wrong. We had in the House a 4-mile section of fence that stops illegals from coming across the border. Because of environmental concerns, the chairman on the Senate side took that out. The illegals come through there like a venturi tube. Go there and look. It is all beaten down. It is terrible for the environment. But yet it is an issue for them. And the chairman in the other body disregarded that because of environment and disregarded the security of this country.”