Bill Lee: “I thank the gentleman very much. First of all, I thank Congressman O'Rourke for lifting up my mother, who was a…”

“I thank the gentleman very much. First of all, I thank Congressman O'Rourke for lifting up my mother, who was a phenomenal woman, who passed away last year, and who broke many glass ceilings. I want to thank the gentleman for recognizing what a true shero she was; so I just had to tell you. I want to thank the gentleman also for his tireless advocacy on behalf of my hometown and the place of my birth, El Paso, Texas, on so many fronts but especially on behalf of immigrants. I grew up in an immigrant community. I can tell you my mother, my grandfather, my sisters, and my brothers-in-law--everybody from El Paso--consider the gentleman our Representative, so I thank him very much. We are very proud of him. Mr. Speaker, I attended St. Joseph's Elementary School on Waco Avenue, and we were taught that we must value the dignity of all human beings. I was taught by the Sisters of Loretto in El Paso. So now, in representing the beautiful East Bay of northern California, my values and what I learned from my mother and my grandfather and my parents in El Paso really drive me to continue our fight on behalf of our young people, on behalf of our DREAMers. Four years ago, President Obama made history by announcing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, DACA. This critical program provides--and this is just commonsense--humane protections for undocumented Americans, mind you, who were brought to our Nation as young children.…”