extend their remarks and include excerpts excerpt praneeth material mr emanuel five minutes miss will be from california five minutes mr welsh from vermont five minutes miss mccarthy new york five minutes mr de fazio of oregon five minutes miss maloney new york five minutes miss foley's california five minutes without objection ordered the chair will entertain one minute requests a speaker and thank you for your leadership let me express my deep concern for three soldiers who are now missing in iraq and applaud their brothers in arm for never giving up on their search for we as americans will never leave as our brothers our sisters in battle i'll never leave them on the battlefield and that is why this congress with the leadership of nancy pelosi believes that we can craft a resolution and a solution and that is that we begin to redeploy our troops and focus on the iraqi government to have them stand up and to have them ensure the safety of the iraqi people and also for americans to ensure the safety of their soldiers their soldiers have been successful on the battlefield they can claim victory it's time now for the president the white house the leadership to get together and to be able to solve the problems why are we lying al young people to be on the battlefield without the support and the full support of a reasoned white house let us work together i feel bad for what purpose of the gentleman from texas rise i request permission to address the house one minute without objection to what recognize the five minutes thank you mr speaker on set on saturday the citizens of farmers branch texas voted overwhelmingly to make it a crime for landlords to rent to people illegally in the united states fining landlords five hundred dollars a day the people have spoken they want only citizens and legal immigrants to live in the city all but some landlords object and off on this off it is illegal to be in the united states without permission it is illegal to hire illegals that are in the united states without permission so if illegals are supposed to be here in the first place or work here it is only logical they shouldn't be able to rent here but spite of this new law some landlords want to take this american city to court and demand that they these money grabbing landlords be able to rent to the illegals this is perplexing the federal government doesn't adequately protect the border or prosecute or deport illegals so cities like formers branch texas are simply trying to make their city a sanctuary city for americans and legal immigrants and good for them but who knows if the supreme court will do what they will do let's see if in the name of the almighty dollar these rogue businessmen will convince the supreme court that illegals should be able rip property even though they are illegally on the land they are renting and that's just the way it is for what purpose of the gentleman from north carolina writes without objection the gentleman's recognized the web minute by you mr speaker april revenue showers that's what wall street journal called the large government revenue received by this federal government and the month of april it was seventy billion dollars over revenue in two thousand and six it shows that tax cuts work the democrats on the other hand want to raise taxes they want to raise the taxes the american people pay what we believe in and what the president has done in just the five short years he's been in office is to actually cut taxes that the american people pay which in the end through greater economic growth will lead to more government revenue case in point the capital gains tax cut the dividends tax gain gains cut those two things have resulted in a thirty percent increase in revenue under those two provisions it shows that tax cuts work they're good for the economy and they're good for the american people and we need to extend the tax cuts and you know back on any other one minutes of the speaker's a mouse policy of january eighteenth two thousand and seven and under a previous order of the house the following members are recognized for five minutes each member emmanuel from illinois congressman paul of texas of california what purpose of this consent to address the house out of order without objection the lady is recognized for five minutes thank you mr speaker today i rise to voice my strong support for the families and women who have been murdered in ciudad juarez and to our city in mexico i've always believed that violence against women anywhere is that is an attack on women everywhere just five minutes from the u s border in ciudad juarez in the state of chihuahua may heiko over four hundred women and girls have been brutally murdered over the last fourteen years in today's washington post and i'd like to submit this for the record with unanimous consent i read the story of mothers of victims who fight for justice which has lasted well over a decade because of the gross negligence and failure of local law enforcement to investigate and prosecute the murders the statute of limitations is starting to run out and some of the earlier murders of women in ciudad juarez what a disgrace if we cannot solve the murders of these over four hundred fifty women women and young girls from all parts of make equal move to see that white is in hopes of finding work including jobs at american owned companies known in spanish as these jobs involve late hours forcing women to travel home in the dark alone leaving them vulnerable to attack many of these young women are under the age of twenty five they are the sole earners and income earners for their families their brothers and fathers are not employed by their backing us because the market although it is choose to hire these young women which they know will not speak out about their rights or condemn the  treatment these women in the workplace that's why i introduced a resolution to address the murders of women and girls in ciudad juarez some three years ago and i'm happy to report that h r ninety was passed by this congress and there is recognition now and the value and faith that we have in the families and see that what is and i bring that up because i say to you and to the public when we can fight for the rights of women in the taliban and the middle east why can't we fight also honorably for the women who live five minutes from this border many of whom are relatives to us our constituents related to families that we represent and it's about time that we change the discussion and direction about this debate that we have with our friends south of the border and i'm proud to be a descendant of friends south of the border but i also have to say that there has to be some changes in terms of how we deal with women who are being abused attacked and mutilated and it's time that our governments come together and i asked a condo lisa rice in our president weigh in as well as the new president of mexico mr called  on president of mexico who says that this is a priority for him to combat violence against women and i hope that we can do that in two thousand and three and two thousand and four i organize a congressional delegation trip to waters with families of victims government officials human rights advocates newspaper reporters and indeed also the f b i and it was in these trips that my dedication to helping the women  solidified families of violence to serve answers and closures instead of either being ignored or harassed for asking for justice to find out where their daughter's bodies lay and where those remains are a and i'm sad to report even though we've asked for assistance from outside of our nation through the oas through our forensic group in argentina to help identify the bodies and remains of these young women that it hasn't been as successful as i would have hoped and i would ask our government to please weigh in again to provide the technical support that's needed to help identify the remains of these young women so that families can have some closure again any assaults on a woman murder mutilation what have you is an assault on all mankind and we as members of congress should no less have any interest into what happens south of the border their convictions in many cases of these individuals that were so called blame for these murders were overturned there wasn't a judge or anyone that would convict anyone of doing these heinous crimes and i have to say to myself and to the public and to this congress why have four hundred fifty women who disappeared from their families from their homes somehow not found justice and i just want to remind individuals that the work goes on that we need help to solve the murders and see that what is and ask our government both governments mexico and us to find some resolution here thank you and i yield back mr jones of north carolina language to rename the department of navy to be the department of the navy and marine corps i want to cite house armed services chairman skelton and reichen member duncan hunter for their continued support for this change the call of the need to recognize the co equal status of the navy and the marine corps team is long overdue i have continued to introduce legislation to rename the department  year the senate will support the house position and join in bringing the proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps over the years this name change has not only receive the support of the hundred eighty boys his support for the change when he stated and i quote as a combat veteran and former navy officer i understand the importance of the team dynamics and the importance of recognizing the contribution of team components the navy and marine corps team is just that a dynamic partnership and it is important to symbolically recognize the balance of that partnership general call monday the thirtieth commandant of the marine corps stated and i quote i believe the changes you propose would do much to clarify the relationship responsibilities and functions of the appointed civil civil authority over the united states naval services i believe that any secretary present past or future will be very proud to bear the title marine as well as navy admiral stansfield turner the united states navy retired former director of central intelligence stated and i quote i think this change in title enhanced is the prestige and pride of the people in the marine corps and it does not necessarily take anything away from the navy in that process and bespeak a last year an editorial in the chicago tribune april twenty first of two thousand six also supported the change stating and i quote no service branch shows more respect for tradition than the united states marine corps does which makes it all the more ironic that tradition denies the cor important show of respect equal billing with the other services and the branches and this is speak again that was in the chicago tribune last year this is because i begin to close i want to show the members of the house these are the speaker you can see that the title of the oldest says the secretary of the navy washington d c and the navy flag this was a marine who gave his life for this country isn't it proper mr speaker that the orders for the silver star should look like the us and say at the top the secretary of the navy and marine corps navy flag marine flag they are one fighting team and they should be recognized as a fighting team and it's about time the forty some years of the house both in the forty's and also with the go water nichols deal said that their fourth separate branches the marine corps the navy the air force the army and it's time that the marine corps be recognized as one of the strongest fighting teams in this country and with that i you know back the balance of my time just one heals back mr welch of vermont mr mccaul of texas you're recognized for five minutes but you mr speaker i rise today to tell the nation about one of the finest and most dedicated members of america's law enforcement community and one of the best sheriffs to ever have served in the tenth congressional district of texas for twenty nine years the good people of lake county texas trusted joe goodson to be their sheriff he passed away last month but left those he protected with the safe friendly and god fearing community sheriff joe as he was known to the thousands of people who called him a friend worked hard not just for the people of his county but for all texans and for all americans his fellow texas sheriffs chose him to lead the sheriff association of texas he was a member of the auto theft task force the narcotics task force and he was the head of the cold case review team but it wasn't just that he was among the finest law men in texas th sure of joe so well light and so respected sheriff gibson always treated others the same way he wanted to be treated and the thousands of people who knew him respected him for it law enforcement ran a share of joe's blood his dad vernon goodson served as sheriff in lee county for twenty five years before his son joe was elected and took over the position and his buddy price the editor of the getting to times and news in lee county will tell you they were both dedicated to their jobs and loved the people they served while they both enforce the law vigorously they also use common sense and reaso situations peacefully whenever they could one of the things sheriff joe is best known for is a responsible some would even say the conservative way in which he ran his sheriff's office he saw the money intrusted to him and his deputies as the people's money he ran a tight ship and accounted for every dollar his department spent but once again i have to go back to who shared goodson was a purse as a family and as this family will tell you one of the things the sheriff loved most was leaving the blue santa program to provide gifts for the needy families during the christmas season he helped raise money for boys santa with auctions and even served as an auctioneer to joe's wife robin and joe's entire family and to the good people of wake county you have the thanks of a grateful nation we are indebted to you and w leadership the american people are demanding action from this congress and so far they have really seen very little a recent wall street journal n b c poll shows that more than sixty percent of americans think that this congress has done little or nothing since the leadership change took place in november and you know what mr speaker they are right not one piece of the liberal agenda has been signed into law instead of crafting legislation that can be implemented this congress has wasted the last four months and the taxpayer dollars as a stage for political theater and they have nothing to show for it when i go home to my district like a did this weekend and visit with my constituents what i'm hearing from them is really a lot of frustration they are getting tired of the political grandstanding what they want to see mr speaker is action they want us to be problem solvers on the problems they face every day the people of the seventh district wanna to hold the line and to not raise taxes they want to keep more  their hard earned money they don't want government to have first right of refusal on that money they want first right of refusal and they want to keep those paychecks in their pocket i believe that the  knows how to better spend his own money than the federal government in my district we hear a lot of people talk about keeping that money i have said many times if ten percent is good enough for the god ten percent ought to be good enough for the government my constituents agree with a are the people of tennessee want to win in the war own terror they want us to support our men and women in uniform by giving them this is why they need to win anything less than that is insulting to the men and women who stand to protect us every day the liberal leadership of this congress says well the war is lost is time to give up they also claim to support the troops in my district mr speaker we believe you can't have it both ways you don't support the troops by threatening to withhold critical funding you don't support the troops by imposing artificial deadlines and taking control of battle feel operations out of the hands of the men and women and the commanders in the field and you don't support the troops by telling them that you think the war is lost the people of tennessee want our borders secure and they want us to enforce the immigration laws that are on the books granting illegal immigrant and misty is both insulting and it's unrealistic it's insulting to all of our constituents whose ten years of time and money entering the country the legal and right way it devalues all of their hard work and their efforts and if anyone thinks that granting amnesty to illegal immigrants that are already here will stop more people from crossing the border in the middle of the night well they're just fooling themselves all this talk of amnesty will only increase illegal immigration and the traffic that it brings add to our borders because it is setting a precedent for the future we know that we've seen history repeat itself that i actually think that those who are illegally here will voluntarily go back to their home country stand at the back of the line pay a fine when they are already here and if they're caught it's rare that they are deported that's the good senate to integrate the right way to come into this country through legal channels the law should be enforced mr speaker that is what people want to see no amnesty in forced the laws on the books not reward those that have illegally entered the country be certain that people immigrate to this nation the right way it's also a matter of national security in this post nine eleven error it is against our national security interests to allow an open border for instance three of the six people that are charged in plotting to attack u s army post fort dix were in the country illegally records show that there is no record of them ever entering this country many of the nine eleven hijackers were in the country with expired visas yet some of them still had driver's license is the evidence that radical terrorists whose sole purpose is to destroy this nation and our way of life are here living among us it's time that we stand in the gap it is time that we do our job that we lead and we start doing it to protect the american people they are watching i yell back mr burton of illinois indiana is that the policy of oregon was the davis of kentucky for what purpose of adjustment right to address the house for five minutes advising send my remarks gemma's recognize the fact that thank you mr speaker last month more than twelve hundred students from across the country visited washington d c to participate in the national finals of we the people the citizen and the constitution this program is the most extensive educational program in the country develop to educate young people about the u s constitution and the bill of rights it with great pride that i recognize a class from my own highlands high school for thomas kentucky in the fourth district for their accomplishments in this competition these outstanding students using knowledge of the u s constitution won their statewide competition and earned the chance to come to our nation's capital and compete at the national level at the national level these dedicated students won the unit one foundations of democracy award mr speaker i'd like to take a moment to recognize the names of these outstanding young people from highlands high school alex adams evan bush kerry  anna ramle lauren runk andrea spencer and corwin wyatt i also wish to commend the teacher of this class julie kuhn hein who is responsible for preparing the young constitutional birds for the national finals also worthy of special recognition to rachel bingham and robin winfield the state coordinators and glen manda district coordinator for among those responsible for implementing the we the people program in my state i congratulate the students on their exceptional achievement at the way the people national finals one thing that we can all remember is there is no substitute for participating in the governmental process no substitute for the investment of our lives and our time i commend all of you for your hard work for the long hours of preparation and commend you loney of new york under the speaker's announced policy of january eighteenth two thousand and seven the gentleman from texas mr gonzales is recognized for sixty minutes as the designee of the majority leader opportunity today to rise and speak on a subject that has been conspicuously absent from legislative debate over the issue of immigration reform over the length of this debate the proponents of the inforce meant only approach some of which you heard earlier this evening have repeatedly referred to immigrants as dangers to the american economy as dangerous to our society and dangerous to our culture a number of my colleagues argue that immigrants take away jobs from american citizens and that immigration has a net effect of shrinking the middle class they suspect immigrants generally bringing crime drugs and even terrorism into our country and they suggest that immigrants weaken our patriotic culture by failing to assimilate into the american society fear characterizes all of the sentiments and arguments fear of change both economic and social change the new contributions to the fabric of american culture generally a fear of the other there can be a powerful and dangerous force it can motivate hate it can impede toleration understanding fear can paralyze us with paranoia and blindness to reason and logical argument fear in the media and in the halls of congress have distorted the image of immigrants in this country much as sensationalist t v programming can make us believe that our communities are more dangerous than they really are sensationalist characterizations of the immigrant population based on anecdotal examples are predictions of worst case scenarios can falsely lead all of us to negative reactionary and unfounded opinions about immigrants i can no longer tolerate the blanket generalizations used to cast our nation's immigrant population in a universally negative and threatening light they do not reflect reality they mis represent our national interest with respect to immigration these arguments polarize the public and prevent reason and productive dialogue and they promote a legislative climate that distracts us from our national interests and reforming  broken immigration policies we can all agree that we need comprehensive immigration reform but we must also come to an understanding that demonizing immigrants will not get us there ostracizing immigrants in this country with venomous inapt rhetoric will not move us toward the integration that newcomers into our economy are the promotion of safe streets for our children to play in our assimilation of the immigrant population into american society it can only delay the time when the immigrant population becomes a fully functional imported participatory component of our american society it can only set back the day when we can guarantee the security of our borders and documentation all individuals that cross those borders like my colleagues and emphasize tough border enforcement i too believe in reform that provide security for our country and documentation for all the individuals that interim merican territory i think that we speak with a common voice regarding our homeland security goals our approaches to talking about the issues of immigration and the methods for solving the problem may differ but we share common goals in promoting our national and economic security debate over approaches to immigration reform is a topic for responsive responsible legislative discourse today my colleagues and i speak on a related topic about some of the immigrants that are the subjects of our larger debate over immigration the immigrants we to talk about are not threats to our national security they are not threats to our economy and they are not threats to our people they in fact have demonstrated their solidarity with our nation unquestionably they wish to contribute to our security and to our economy and the individuals we speak of cannot be considered separately as friend or foe to the american people because they demonstrate daily that they are in fact americans in their own right the individuals we rise to speak today or the tens of thousands of brave men and women in the american armed forces that were not born in the united states like the courageous  daughters born and raised in my home state of texas and throughout this country these individuals have taken an oath to defend the united states of america with their very lives if necessary these immigrant soldiers may differ from their native born brothers and sisters in terms of the location of the birth and even in their citizenship status however on the battlefield they are united by a common purpose among the soldiers in the united states military there is no distinction between those that are born in texas in the philippines are in mexico they all take an oath they all assume the same risks they all make the same sacrifice all are worthy of honor and distinction and we must thank them all equally forgiven so generously that we living in communities across this great nation may do so peacefully mr speaker it is my great privilege tonight in a true honor that the first member of the united states armed services that we are about to honor is lance corporal juan yet is in his is the photo of one and so on you when he was a little boy in orphan and i'll be more specific in a minute to the time that he put on this uniform of the united states marine he was the first member of the united states armed forces killed in iraq he was not a citizen of this country city the causes and dates of his parents death are unknown to us today for the next ten years lance corporal get us led a tragic end to mulch a slice bouncing from the orphanage to the street and back again his adult hood like his childhood was characterized by hardship he worked for a time in a marquee love plant a sweatshop operating a sewing machine even as a single person making ends meet at such a job was incredibly difficult for this young man in the early one nine hundred ninety seven lance corporal who gets made a decision to travel to the united states to seek a better life he arrived in california in one documented immigrant the attendant north high school in torrance california in march two thousand and two lance corporal enlisted in the united states marine corps because he wanted to become a citizen of this great country iraq on march twenty first two thousand and three he was twenty eight years old this man sacrifice the first life laid down in the sands of iraq on behalf of the united states is testament to the belief of immigrants in the process of america it is a symbol of patriotism of commitment to defending the dream that we all share in may of last year according to the united states citizenship and immigration service nearly sixty nine thousand foreign born soldiers five percent of the entire military that are on active duty five percent or foreign born that they were a threat to our national security clearly know they insure our national security can it be said that these immigrants threaten american workers clearly no they ensure that american  go to their jobs in peace can it be said that these immigrants that they threaten the safety of our communities with drugs or violence clearly know they are the pillars of their communities when hone and defenders of their communities when abroad why then have so many in this debate over immigration missed the contributions those brave individuals make to the peace the prosperity and the security of our country do examples of immigrant immigrants courage and sacrifice her is seldom is those acts of violence some used to characterize an entire immigrant population in their heroic service is it an larger discussion about the contributions of immigrants in our society once again i hardly believe so one out of every twenty soldiers in the united states military was born outside the united states to members of an average platoon immigrated to this country and now serve us all on our valley what more can we ask of these young people lance corporal yet it is not only gave his life for his adopted country he was the first to do so in that war what more can we ask of immigrant parents when they have already given up their brave sons and daughters for the defense of an adopted homeland mr speaker these immigrants soldiers are among the most prominent faces of immigration today but they are not uncharacteristic of the larger immigrant population they represent the honest work ethic the ambition and the patriotism characteristic of immigrants of all national origins and across all areas they represent the front here spirit that built our country and continues to bring the best the world has to offer here to our shores to the united states in pursuit of our common american dream at this time i would like to recognize my dear friend our colleague the dean of the texas delegation congressman sort of my nor thank you charlie for allowing me some time to speak tonight and i would like to acknowledge your leadership in bringing this to the forefront mr speaker as we continue the national discussion of immigration and the value of immigrants to our nation we must not forget the immigrant men and women who populate our armed forces who fight for freedoms that we all enjoy each day yet who in the current debate are cast aside as on worth the for citizenship yes more than seventy thousand of them serve our military today opportunity the voices of this immigrants this immigrant soldiers are remarkably missing from the debate on the value of immigrants in this nation i like to with their voices today for them the united states is their own a chance to make a new life like old soldiers they don't want our nation to be harm this is their brass ring the key to the rest of their lives they're willing to risk their life for this country because it is the promise of what working hard can give you they come to the united states longing for a better life than they had in their homeland the last light of hope recites and what this nation promises in terms of honoring our soldiers and supporting our troops said that they would rather fight and die for the united states because they so so desperately want their home countries to immolate to copy that dot the nation they hope beyond hope that their public service in our millet there was some to influence their home countries the once in which they were born so their family that was someday have similar living conditions promised by this nation and the same economic exercice of for me is going to military funerals as it as it is for all of us one of the most heartbreaking moments is with a family after losing a loved one and bestowing citizenship upon their lost soldier after he's buried and at this point i would like my colleagues to join me in commanding the services of private first class wearable killed in baghdad by an i e d just before new year's eve in the year two thousand and three he left behind pregnant with the first child a child of immigrants who will never see his father again who died for this nation i will still remember the moment i was there for the ceremony granting r his citizenship in two thousand and four after his death the years in the eyes of all who ought to ended the funeral spoke volumes yes so forth of the price of citizenship now so