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On the recordJuly 22, 2020
I thank Congresswoman Chu for this important statement that is necessary for the American people: In God, We Trust. And the God we trust is a merciful God. 144,000 people dead from COVID-19. It is important when an administration, no matter who it is, fails the American people, the United States Congress must be the one that deals with that failure, and that is what the NO BAN Act stands for. It stands for expanding the INA's nondiscrimination provision to prohibit discrimination based on religion and extends the prohibition on discrimination beyond the issuance of immigrant visas to include the issuance of nonimmigrant visas, entry, admission to the United States, and the approval or revocation thereof. I had an amendment that is added to this that makes it a surety that the administration report to Congress on the impacts of positive, negative, and unintended actions by the President. We must have oversight. I stand in the name of Ali, a 17-year-old. When I landed from Washington, I went straight to the terminal immediately on that Friday. My tears were coming to my eyes as I saw little Ali denied entry into the United States. That is why I am here. I support the NO BAN Act. Madam Speaker, as an original cosponsor and senior member of the Committee on the Judiciary, I rise in strong and enthusiastic support of H.R.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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