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Louie Gohmert: If the gentlelady will yield, we do have one metric from the Government Accountability Office. They have certified or…

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
If the gentlelady will yield, we do have one metric from the Government Accountability Office. They have certified or indicated in their recent report that of the approximate 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico that 129 miles are under full control, to use their words; 129 miles out of 2,000 are under full control, and this administration is saying, Let's just go ahead and provide amnesty to everybody that's here and then we'll eventually secure the border. We are going to have to keep doing this kind of amnesty bill every couple of years--or maybe we wait 10 years and do it in lumps every 10 years--unless we do what the law already requires: secure the border. I would like to see us adopt a resolution that just says basically until the United States' southern border is secured as confirmed, not by Janet Napolitano because we know we can't trust that, but as confirmed by the Governors and the legislatures in the four southern border States, the House of Representatives shall not bring any legislation, including any conference report, regarding immigration before the House for a vote. I think that's what we ought to do. We've got Americans upset and concerned about the IRS, upset and concerned about Benghazi, upset about this administration snooping. Of course, we have to say, though, as Matt Salmon said, the people finally have a President who will listen to them, or at least his administration listening to these things.…
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Jul 8, 2013

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