IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 299 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that immigration makes 
the United States stronger. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2019 
Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ESCOBAR, 
Mr. TRONE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. PORTER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 
MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HECK, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. KIND, Mrs. TRAHAN, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
COX of California, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. HILL of 
California, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. DEAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BROWNLEY of 
California, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CROW, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. ROUDA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. COOPER, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CASE, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. CRAIG, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. MENG, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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•HRES 299 IH 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
immigration makes the United States stronger. 
Whereas President Reagan said that you can go to live in 
France, but you cannot become a Frenchman, or you can 
go to live in Germany, Turkey, or Japan, but you cannot 
become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese, but anyone, 
from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in the 
United States and become an American; 
Whereas the torch of Lady Liberty symbolizes our freedom 
and represents our heritage, the compact with our par-
ents, our grandparents, and our ancestors, and gives us 
our great and special place in the world; 
Whereas it is the great life force of each generation of new 
Americans that guarantees that the United States tri-
umph shall continue unsurpassed into the coming century 
and beyond; 
Whereas other countries may seek to compete with us, but in 
one vital area—as a beacon of freedom and opportunity 
that draws the people of the world—no country on Earth 
comes close; 
Whereas this is one of the most important sources of the 
greatness of the United States—we lead the world be-
cause, unique among nations, we draw our people, our 
strength, from every country and every corner of the 
world, and by doing so we continuously renew and enrich 
our Nation; 
Whereas while other countries cling to the stale past, here in 
the United States we breathe life into dreams, we create 
the future and the world follows us into tomorrow; 
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