On the recordJune 21, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and would just like to respond to one thing that was said previously. All of us have been using examples of young people and how they are being treated at the border. I take exception to the implication that we will all be judged accordingly by our Maker for doing so, in a negative way. Let me just repeat what I said in my opening remarks, quoting a Border Patrol agent, Mr. Chris Cabrera. He told us that: ``If you've seen some of the stuff we've seen down here, you would understand just how important it is to have a tough stance to divert people from coming here. When you see a 12-year-old girl with a Plan B pill--her parents put her on birth control because they know getting violated is part of the journey . . . something has to be done.'' That is exactly what we are doing here with this piece of legislation, Mr. Speaker. If we pass this today, that will help solve this problem today. That is what we, as Congress, need to do. We need to be responsive to the plight of people trying to get here, as well as to the citizens of our own country. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
