Marsha Blackburn: “Thank you, Madam Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let's talk about a couple of these things. The…”

“Thank you, Madam Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let's talk about a couple of these things. The Democrats like to say, Madam Chairman, that this is radical. Let me ask you a question, let me ask my colleagues a question: Is it radical to support the rule of law? Is it radical to fight for American workers who are going to lose their jobs to illegal aliens? Is it radical to prioritize legal immigrants that are coming to this country? Is it radical to try to protect children that are in this program via the Office of Refugee Resettlement? Democrats are over there saying that Republicans are playing politics with national security. Let me ask you another question: Why were they saying nothing this summer when the southern border was being overrun with all sorts of trafficking--human trafficking, sex trafficking, weapons trafficking, drug trafficking? Here are the facts. DACA became effective August 15, 2012. In fiscal year 2014, the Office of Refugee Resettlement released 53,518 unaccompanied children here in the U.S. It is a magnet. Seventy-five percent of all Americans reject the Obama executive amnesty. Eighty percent of Americans don't want foreign workers taking jobs from Americans. Those are the facts, Madam Chairman. To my colleagues, that is why we are here. We have two choices. We are either a Nation of laws or we are lawless.…”