John Culberson: “I reserve a point of order on the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from…”

I was unable to make votes on June 15, 2018, due to illness. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 267 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 268. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

It is putting their lives at risk. These poor kids and these young parents had to come from Central America and Guatemala under threat of assault, rape, murder in order to get here.

I hope my colleagues will join me tonight in voting for this important bill to keep our word to the American people. Keeping our word to our constituents is one of our most important responsibilities, and the President and those of us who…

I can tell you, as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I am going to use every financial tool at my disposal to light a fire under every bureaucracy that I can find that is sitting on this money.