Joe Cunningham: “the gentleman from Ohio knows good and well, so does my counterpart on the Democrat side, we have testimony before the…”

“the gentleman from Ohio knows good and well, so does my counterpart on the Democrat side, we have testimony before the committee from the Justice Department, from the FBI, from law enforcement that this is not a good idea. And you know under President Clinton or President Bush, if they say this is what we want out of the White House, those Secretaries and those Department heads are going to say, Aye-aye, three bags full. That is what they have done in your letter today. You are putting this country at risk today. FBI has testified that these matricula cards, some individuals have up to 30 of these things. You say Mexico requires a birth certificate. Have you ever tried to get something in Mexico? I have been down there a lot, and a few dollars will get you anything. There is no database. You want to work on a bipartisan bill? You want to work something bipartisan? Let us have our U.S. Government with a database issue a card, I will support it, that is controlled by our homeland security, our FBI; but to take a Costco card out of Mexico and risk our national security, I am disappointed in this White House, I am disappointed in my own party, and I am disappointed in those on the other side that support this amendment. The gentleman from Ohio is my friend, but he is wrong on this. I have been here 14 years and nothing has ever bothered me as much from my own party to put us at risk. These cards are fake. Every single day they use these cards illegally.”