worker and have an opportunity to thrive. she has lived her entire life in country, attended schools in prince georges county since kindergarten. because family members already live here she doesn't have a lot of family left in the country she came from in el salvador and the situation has probably only gotten worse there since she came. in any event, i thank mr. hoyer for giving us us her story. r. frank pallone gave me this. he was with us early in the presentation and his guest at the state of the union was edgar, a stude at the unersity o newark. she came to the states from south korea. after 2008 economic recession,

her mom lost her position working at the hospital and they lost their legal status. when her mom got -- after she realized the implications of undocumented status when her mom got into a bike accident, she needed treatment. because they were uninsured, she treated herself through home remedies and prayer. she is a sophomore at rutgers on donated de through the rships and founded rutgers dreamers. and student athlete competing at rutgers university, rutgers, track and field team and news editor of rutgers university,

newspaper. how many hours do i have in the day? i would like to know. i would like to my own guest at the state of the union. i'm so proud of her. state-wide organizer for california's dream network. i'm so proud of them and the head of the organization, they have done so much toll protect our dreamers. melody was at our press conference and i'm proud of her. she was born in guatemala. after growing up without parents, she was reunited in t art of the los angeles wn was nine years old and earned a bachelor's agree at california state university, los angeles and graduated with a masters from the university of southern california, masters om u.s.c. and focused on the

representation of undocumented students in mass communication. she works as california dream network statewide youth organizer as a devoted advocate for human and doctorate recipient and her life goal is to continue bending the arc of the june versus. more from my colleagues. the house reached, now set the record for the longest continuous speech in the house ince 1909. wonder what that was?

this is congressman coleman who has spent with us and i want to read from her testimony. par tmpemp et is a dreamer and been in the program since 2012 and graduated from school of law in may of 2016. he was brought to the united states when he was five years old and lived in the united states since then. he was admitted to the new ersey state bar on january 24, 2018. congratulations. and previously admitted to the pennsylvania state bar on december 18, 2017. he was the first dreamer ever admitted to the new jersey and pennsylvania bar associations. d when his status expired on august 9, 2018, he could be

deported from the only country he knows and lifted away from his family without authorization or legal status. his employment options and his law degree to use will be substantially limited. he wants to make sure the white house chief of staff knows he is far from lazy. he just looked at his college and law school record. .hank you congresswoman this is the story of her constituent, her statement is below. i just graduated from high school three days before deferred action on deferred arrivals was announced and i was accepted at san diego

university. there is some uncertainty in applying for daca but a risk worth taking. i was enthusiastic to work and serve my community. i graduated this year with a political science degree. i have seen the toll that harsh immigration enforcement is taking on my community. we lose sight of the real impact. this is important, that harsh enforcement has on the libes of hard-working families. i have helped thousands of the residents of san diego and there is a failed and inhumane policy. i continue to serve my community and assure that we continue to build a movement that affords people the right to live with dignity in the united states. how beautiful.

these statements are so beautiful. i don't know who made that speech in 2009 whether the speech competed for the longest. that was not my goal today. but we have so many testimonies, real testimony in the words of the dreamers, as i said, the most eloquent of all. staff to say that when i came to the floor earlier, i wanted to make sure that we are using our 40 hours between 8:00 this morning with the words to condense or the prayers to inspire. so i felt when i came to the floor, i would be reading the bible because the bible is so so many pasges that take us to a higher place, to have a conversation of tha man beings, all god's

children at a higher place. again, referencing the 40 days in the old testament and new testament. the gospel of matthew, which is so, so beautiful in terms of inspiration. but i know that many people quote the gospel of matthew many times. but they only quote the first part where they talk about when i was hungry -- do i have it here? in the as hungry -- gospel of matthew and most people know when a person comes and place for you in heaven, when i was hungry

, when i was thirsty, you gave me a drink. when i was in prison, you visited me. that whole list. and then the lord says and then the person says, when did i do this, i didn't see you. the lord sees when you do it for the least of my brethren. so that was the first part. but in the very first part of it, the son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, he will sit in his glorious throne and all the nations will gather and he will separate the people as the shepard separates the sheep from the goats. the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. and the king will say, the king being the lord, the son of man,

the son of man. when the king will say to those on his right, come, you are blessed by my father. take your inheritance and prepare for the creation of the world. while i was hungry and you gave me something to eat. i was a stranger and you invited and i was a stranger and you invited me in. i needed clothes and you clothed me. i was in prison, i love that one the best, i was in prison and you visited me. when did i see you? when did we see you as a stranger and need clothes? when did we go visit you. truly i tell you, whatever you did, for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. this is the part the really find

challenging and should all pay attention to. then he will say to those on his left, depart from me, those who are curse with the he ternl fire for the devil, while i was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat. i was thirsty and nothing to drink. and i was a stranger and didn't invite me. i was sick and imprisoned and you didn't look after me. they answered. lord, when did i see you? needing clothes, sick or in prison and did not help you. he will reply, truly i tell you, whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do for me. then they will all go away to eternal punishment. it's not just what we do to take the opportunity to help, feed and clothe, it's what we do not do.

the judgment was made about. to minister to the needs of god's creation and we are all god's creation is an act of worship. inore those is to ignore god. as people of faith as we all profess to be and we believe -- faith is a gift that we do believe that we are all god he's children, whatever we are, we are all god's children and created in the image and likeness of god and when christ came down from heaven to share -- tore participate in our humanity, he enabled us to participate in his difficult vint. that spark. we respect the people that we have to also recognize it in our

ourselves and the responsibility it carries with us. i choose to go back to where we had a much better reception, loving the dreamers and wanting to get the job done, because in addressing their needs, we are talking about who we are as a nation. have another statement from congresswoman bonnie watson coleman. she talks about the sisters from new jersey. the sisters came to the united states at 4nd 9 years old with venezuela. fleeing one earned two associate degrees from a college in new jersey. she is pursuing an undergraduate degree while she works full-time

for new jersey business and industry association. daniellea is a co-founder a business for take home physics lab. how many could do that? the kits allow students who can't attend college lab courses to take an online version at home. her sister is awaiting word this spring on college acceptance at camden college. with her dream to be a vet tech, but without daca status, she won't be able to legally drive and attend the program or work. alex said in an article in c nmp n, she said i it's scary, my home cries. she is a positive person and is hoping that something goodwill happen for us. unform, if the president doesn't

extend daca protections, they will be forced to leave. she was tol, i will leave and close my business and leave work and school. that's why we have to pass a bill and that's why i would hope the speaker of the house by giving us a chance to vote on the dreamer bill, a bipartisan dreamer bill on the floor of the house. . . carolyn maloney is with us, i thank her for this testimony. it's about diego. he was an intern at her office and was a guest for the state of the union. here's his story. our family history traces generations of ecuadorians since the early days of the republic. immigration was not common for

us. my parents and fwrarntes endured great periods of political instability. in 1999 at age 6, following an economic crash and a coup d'etat my mother began making plans to move to the united states. by august, 2001, i arrived in new york city and we settled in queens. i was enrolled in public schools and i learned english and within a year i blended in with the rest of the children. i was always aware of my status and i was quickly aware of how long and unlikely any immigration reform in congress would be. in 2017 i faced the devastating ability of degree denied accepting student loans and scholarships that denied my ots at the college of my

choice. i psever and attended hunter college. president obama's announcement of daca wasmy rack louse. i entered the work force immediately and found myself employment in one of the leading wine retailers in the country. while i still work today i also entered an internship from the district office of congresswoman maloney which further cemented my belief that good government is one that helps people. the highest cost of living in new york and the strains of paying tuition out of pocket still brought great challenges but with daca, i felt that anything was possible. now that daca is on its last breath i have no doubt that the courage and hope it has given us all will carry us on until we all take our oath of allegiance. so beautiful. thank you.

from congresswoman yvette clarke, another proud brooklyn representative. she was here before but thank you cookwoman clarke. joel perez hernandez is a new york public school graduate and proud new yorker whose parents brought him to brooklyn as a young child. in sepmber, 2015, his deferred action was expiring. he set an appointment to renew his status and was beginning to save his money to pay for the associated fees. around this time, a small family emergency arose among his brother -- among his mother and her family in mexico. but a fatal misunderstanding of the protections afforded by daca, he and his family felt he was in the bestings to to travel to mexico and still be allowed to return to the united states. unfortunately, he and his family did not have a strong understand of how our immigration current

system currently works. as a result, two years after the senate voted to protect dreamers, joel was now stuck in mexico, a country he does not know, with his girlfriend and life partner an american citizen he has no intention to break our immigration laws and would never have been in this position if this body had simply done its job back in 2013. his story illustrates the cost of our dreamers and reminds us we must now take action now to protect dreamers. this is a very -- in the an unusual thing with a family emergency or a death in the family across the border or something and people don't fully understand that just going for that destroys, under current law, makes it very hard for them to come back. this is from representative cardenas who was with us earlier. thank you for being with us

earlier. this is a letter to him from a fwradge watt student. i am a current graduate student at the university of southern california school of social work. as part of my curriculum i'm taking a class on policy and advocacy. i'm doing a project on a piece of legislation my focus for this project is on immigration, particularly on the newly introduced bill known as the bridge act which will expand daca for three years. as an undocumented student i'm worried about my future here in the united states. i came to the united states at age 9, in 2001. i graduated with a b.a., bachelor of arts in sociology and minor in women's service from cal state northridge in 2015. thanks to daca, aye been able to achieve my dream of obtaining higher education as well as to be able to work here legally. that is so prnt. to get an education to work legally to serve in the military. having lived and attended public school all my life before here i

don't know any other country i can call home. i have very supportive system during my high school years. i graduated from san fernando high school with honors. i volunteered. i served in the community, student body and to this day i'm working for the betterment of my community working for los angeles family housing. now that president trump is president, i'm concerned about my future about that of my community. i want others to have the same opportunities i had before. i hope you can allocate some of your time for me to talk to awe about the importance of this bill and why it matters not only o me but the entire country. thank you. and this is from grace apolitano, thank you, grace. i see albio sires from new jersey, we had many testimonies

from people from new jersey. and donnell payne, i read your testimony earlier. congresswoman, i've been referring to you as the godmother of this. and congressm garamendi was ere. coming and going. congresswoman napolitano of california constituents have said this. diego garcia ramirez a 31-year-old man from almonte, just had his daca approved at the end they have july and considers the opportunity of daca a blessing from god. has been able to provide a stable living for his family. he was brought to the u.s. at age 3. a real statement of it can work. cynthia lopez lopez, 26-year-old woman from almonte, waiting for

her work authorization dock youment to renew, fears she would lose her job at wells fargo. she's a caregiver for her mom who is awaiting a lung transplant. the only income and pays for rent, health care and medical essentials. imagine having all that challenge. but it is the strength that -- the commitment to family all these people have, that strengthens america and that's what argues for the family unification in our immigration policy. but that's a subject for another day. for today we're talking about the dreamers. again from mike thompson who i acknowledged earlier , he has another testimony, mike thompson of california. kinea was born in mexico. today she lives in sonoma valley, california, and is his constituent. she's a 2011 alumni of 10,000 degrees, an organization that serves low-income and first generation students.

10,000 degrees. that means degrees from colleges, not temperature. she graduated from sonoma state university with a b.a. in applied statistics and a concentration in the actuarial field. she's currently involved in several different organizations and serves as a board member on the sonoma valley education foundation in the sonoma valley unified school district. she's also involved as a commissioner for sonoma county regional park. her current position as enrollment and outreach manager for a nonprofit that allowed her to serve families who need early education services through state funded preschools. she's now in her second year as a board member for latien. she's a mother to a wonderful 7-year-old. she received daca in 2012. it opened doors for her allowing her to provide for her son and give back to the community that's seen her grow. she's a dreamer. thank you for dreaming.

and thank you for inspiring us o dream as well. ted lieu, a testimony from ted lieu's district who was with us until a few minutes ago. osefina is an undocumented person from lima, mexico. she my grated to the united states when she was 3 years old. her family immigrated to the united states when she was 3 years old. she was with them. althoughhe became aware of her immigration status at an every ily age, her status had never defined her. she transformed uncertainty into demmings. she became hyper aware of the financial constraints faced by immigrant youth. she was able to afford her undergraduate education by working multiple jobs and applying to many scholarships. she would commute 2002 hours every day each way to ucla on a daily basis because she could

not afford to dorm. her main motivation is her mother rlings also an immigrant. her persistent determination to provide for her family convinced josefina of her ability to surmount the barriers she faces as an undocumented student. today she's learning her ph.d. at ucla. her research interests include the health and aging of the undocumented population. her scholarly work is supported by the robert wood johnson foundation and the institute for humane studies. she believes research is a way to rewrite the narrative of the undocumented community in the united states. undocumented people are the become bone of u.s. society, she writes. yet we are dehumanized, tokenized and invisiblized. good word. this prompts a need for solution to immigration which is long overdue. you are so right, josephine.

mark desaulnier, here with us, thank you, mark. this is from marco of contra costa county, represented by congressman desaulnier, who is with us, has been with us for a listening time today. from marco who says, thanks to daca i've been able to give back to the community in more profound ways. because i was granted employment authorization i was able to work for two years as a case manager in re-entry services. i helped members of my community find their way back into my society after being in prison. i assisted them in managing their sobriety and finding stable pliment and housing. god bless you, marco. doesn'tly i'm working in a nonprofit that provoids free psychosocial services to cancer patients. my only dream in life is to give back to my communities. i'm also working on my masters in counseling and i'm on track

as a marriage and family therapist. i plan to use my license to continue working with the chemically dependent and criminal population. i want to help make our community safer. daca allows me to continue working on my dream. that's beautiful, marco. remember what the lord said, in the gospel of matthew, when i was in prison you visited me. hank you for doing that. ok. liza rosenfeld, boston, massachusetts. i met liza at the state leaders

event. elias. i had the privilege to meet elias this month when he came to the capitol with dreamers to share his story. born in venezuela, he came to the united states as a young child. shortly after his mother passed away, united states citizenship and immigration services filed a letter notifying him that he was now an undocumented individual unable to receive health care, work, and provide for his family or obtain a driver's license to commute to and from school. however , he fought to find a solution he founded united students immigration a student-led, community based organization that helped over 00 undocumented students be able to afford a college education. elias' pancht for thed with the flrida high school young democrats and lod over 200 stateegislators in support of state-sponsored immigrant health care, child care, child health care, which resulted in the passing of the senate and house bills protecting health care for

over 22,000 children in florida. elias spearheaded student to demonstrations all over the state, 20 state and federal congressional offices in support of the dream act. he received a six-year fulmer rit scholarship to bran dice university and a social justice scholarship program recently elias worked on campaigns in florida and new hampshire and is a campaign fellow, an intern for the immigration department for senator elizabeth warren. he also shared with us his religious belief that day he made a very, very impressive presentation. thank you, elias. andre ortiz. she came to the capitol to share her story to the american people. she is a creative leader.

borp in mexico, she came to the united states with her parents and four siblings and successfully applied for the daca program. she was a first generation undocumented student, she became a role model for her siblings. she graduated with honors in business administration from the california state university with a focus in management, human resources and entrepreneurship. her experience, education and skills to support uplifting latino communities. it is what drives her to keep pushing in life. again from alma adams who is with us from north carolina, she tells the story of brenda. brenda was born in mexico and

came to charlotte, north carolina. she knew she wanted to attend college and because of daca, she was able to. she enrolled at a university in charlotte as a student leader. founding member of latinos aiming for achieve mifment to give voice in the community and place to meet. today, there are 32 members of the organization. brend after is one of many students who have been able to achieve her goals of earning a secd dree thanks to daca. this is from representative jared huffman of california. alex is a talented member. and this is what she said. i'm smart.

i'm resilient and hard working and i'm a dreamer and going to make something out of myself. i'm not the om one. your lawyer is a dreamer and your boss is a dreamer. we are worth protecting and here to stay and save the daca to save young americans to work towards their aspirations and contribute to the only country they call home. i have had that conversation with alex. she is a remarkable young woman and doing so much in the community to give back. i'm glad that representative huffman. and welch of vermont congressman welch calls attention to a story of a

dreamer that he knows. and it's a letter from juan. juan, master of science, maryland in current medical student at the university of vermont. this is killing me. standing up is nothing, being thirsty is nothing. dear congressman welch, i tell you my story about daca and the colleagues will come up with a legislative solution. i'm one of the dreamer kids. i lived most of my life in the united states. i have understood cancer and object sustained the training needed to help cancer patients. this traggetty made me realize

that i wanted to fight. i dedicated my life in research and then d.n.a. of tobacco and smoke from my doctoral study. i chose science because it was impossible for students to attend medical school and i wanted an impact on a disease that affected my family. but i persisted because i believed in the promise of the american dream. when daca was announced, it transformed my life. i could be free of the fear of deportation knowing that my hard work would be not meaningless. and medical schools including my current school, university of vermont college of medicine gave daca students a chance to

enroll. i understand that legislation takes time, but if there is anything including a discharge petition, please do so. if you do, you will have the gratitude of a group of dedicated individuals who wish to give back to the only country they have ever known. a now this one is from bipartisan problem solve i.r.s. rote to paul ryan. to establish official position of the u.s. house of representatives. last week, 48 members of problem solvers' caucus announced a bipartisan set of principles that laid the groundwork of daca and homeland security. and this was led by fred up ton and peter welch.

mr. speaker, dear mr. speaker, the present challenge last fall toll legislate the daca program rather than. the president has asked us to address border security. and the original intent was to protect from doe importanttation that were brought to this country. we have learned that the u.s. immigration and custom enforcement has deported people who have been here for years and including some now married with children. they have paid taxes and no serious criminal record. there are a number of proposals that should be debated and voted on the house. some are bipartisan within the uncertainty and distress of 800,000 daca recipients and they address the. mr. speaker, the letter from the

problem solvers' caucus say we seek your commitment that the house will address this in a timely fashion either separately using an open process that allows the house to work its will. we seek your commitment and vote on substantive proposals particularly those offered on a bipartisan basis as well as any bill voted. a queen of the hill rule should be employed that establishes the proposal receiving the most votes as the position of the house. we accept the responsibility to reach consensus on the legislative situation on daca. we need immigration reform should be bipartisan in an open process to demonstrate to the american people that we can find

common ground. solvers made by common caucus by representative up ton and peter welch. we are talking about queen of the hill. there are several options. one queen of the hill. the queen of the hill is the one that getshe most votes. it goes conference with the senate or if it is the senate bill. king of the hill, which we are not advocating is the one that wins last. we want the wins the most votes. i appreciate the letter from them because it talks about some very important things, bipartisan important process and brings people together, bipartisanship, and i thank the caucus for this.

we have another story from houston, from sheila jackson lee. a local san antonio dreamer who adores the city of san antonio as any true san antonio would. in 2005, andrea was eight years old. she was too young to realize the spring break vacation. that vacation was a permanent move. her was as a result of fat's stabbing in mexico city. her grand parents who are u.s. citizens began the process to legalize her mother. the broken immigration system made it difficult to grant a green crd. that press being over 23 years

leaving her out of a possibility to address her status. we call it family unification was a broken issue in this government and her grand parents did nothing. that's why we want to improve it. she pledged allegiance to the flag and getting good grades. her first academic award was signed by president obama. she continues her education achieving high marks and graduating from churchill high school. and she went to texas university and pursued a career in health care. she decided to transfer to the university of texas, san antonio. she is now currently studying public policy.

she is involved in various projects working as a lead immigration fellow to move san antonio. and pushed for educational initiatives leading to the first dreamer center on the college in the state of texas. because of her leadership, she has been given the washington and askinging us to act on bipartisan legislation. she graduates in december of 2018, four months after her daca expires. she is worried what does that mean to her. she worries about her community that is full of promise. she is an american and she cheered when they won their irst championship in 2007. ok. that was then and that is now. and some of the worst tragedies

of this country's pain was her own and asked to be given the opportunity to prove she is already an american. how lovely. little bitf golden state arriors. from congresswoman roybal-allard, the zpwod mother of it all, from her, we have testimony from one of her student dreamers. i'm a student at east loss language university. i'm concerned about a what president trump and gave congress to take six months. and many are losing protection. i'm asking for a clean dream act for all the immigrant communities and that they are in this country for a better life. they want to be in the army and educate themselves and have the benefits that this country

provides. daca recipient. and also. i, mrs. roybal-allard. i'm from district 40 and daca student from east los angeles college and tell you about my concerns. i want to tell you i'm scared of what could happen in the next month because i want to accomplish my dreams and be a proud latina. i hope we fight together because we are known as the one that fights together signed ms. a nmp na could rea. in the previous letter, she talks about how many years it would take for the grand parents to help a daughter to become legal and to get a green card. and there was a big long article

how fast the green card politicses are, years. years. if people want to be doing things on schedule, many people are doing things that the process took so long that their opportunity expired. his is from this is from congresswoman rosa delauro. thank you, congresswoman ke lauro. dear representative delauro, i was hn nored to intern in your washington office an learn more about the governmentf t united states an more spcally responding to constituent concerns. walking through the long tunnels that connect congressional buildings to the capitol, i began to envision myself working in the district of columbia upon graduation. but like for many people, the election forced me to take a different path. after the election, all the

stability that allowed my family and me to become part of american life has turned into doubt. president trump is removing the daca program and i had to return to new haven and assist my family in deciding what are the best decisions moving forward. thus i'm afraid i cannot continue to work in your office. while i'm constantly afraid, i'm not giving in. my best memory in your office -- working in your office was running into an old employer came to the office for a capitol tour. reflecting on the aspirations i had working as a busser to get myself through high school i remember your person always providing me at hope. when i thought of the times you walked into your

office and greeted your interns with such infinite gratitude. thank you, congresswoman delauro, for submitting this testimony to us aecognizing the difficult decisions that have -- that families have to make in the interest of families staying together. thank you and we'll submit this or the record. congressman tsongas has joined us and congresswoman moore of wisconsin has joined us aws well -- joined us as well. and congresswoman frederica wilson as joined us as well. thank you for joining us. thank you. k. go back to mr. -- oh, you have

more? again, this is from representative watson coleman, another constituent, diana diaz, 22 years old. she came to the united states from mexico with her mother and two older siblings in 2002 when diane was 7 years old. they settled in somerset, new jersey, where her mother worked lock hours to ensure her chern could focus all their attention on school. die she graduated from high school in new brswic new jersey. while sti in high school she worked at a fullimjob to support her family. after high school she attended middlesex county community college where she got her associate degree in education. she continued then her higher education transfer to rutgers in the fall of 2016. there she majors in public administration, minors in spanish. she has aspirations to continue her education and enroll in the masters program to become a

certified legal interpreter. that's hard. she hopes to head back to new brunswick and work in the public school system as an administrator to help students like her. she also wants to create a nonprofit organization to assist various ethnic groups with gaping access to higherings she believes the education she received in new jersey was so valuable to her overall success that she wants to give back so that others can follow suit. i just want to dwell on this for a moment. she's talking about education being valuable to her success and she wants to give back so that others can follow suit. i hope that all of the italian american, irish american, german american, dutch american, all the ethnic groups that are here in our country take full pride in the example they have set for how the american dream works in america. because what you see with these dreamers just follows so closely

what our families did, our ancestors did, coming here. the idea that education was key to upward mobility and to reaching personal aspirations. that faith and family and the work ethic were important part of how you were regarded in america. and that this may be what's in their d.n.a. as they come to the united states but it's clear they have masterful, great examples to show how to achieve the american dream. and all of the ways of immigration that came before. family, faith, community, education, patriotism, love of america. so beautiful. diana spells it out so clearly here. is this a new one? ok. another one from representative jayapal of washington state. we heard fromer earlier, shevers

here earlier. she's a judiciary committee leader on immigration and an immigrant herself. 22-year-oldester was a valued intern in representative jayapal's office last year and also a dreamer who came to the united states when she was just 3 years old from south korea. they arrived on a visa, and sought help from an immigration lawyer to obtain more permanent legal status in the united states. they filled out application, paid their dues, gave the lawyers most of the money they had and they ran away with all of it. he scammed them and left them with nothing. ester's parents visas expired they pushed their kids around in shopping carts because a stroller was too expensive. but then they started over. they built their lives in the united states. they raised a smart, passionate daughter who is now a senior at harvard. the daca statusester obtained in 2013 gave her the freedom to pursue her own american dream. even when her daca status was

secure, she said that typical safe spaces like hospitals, places, filled her with fear because daca doesn't afford protections to her family. she also hides her status and worries what would happen if someone she trusted outed them to immigration authority. unless we take immediate action to help dreamers,ester's future is even more uncertain. thank you,ester. for share tissue thank you,ester, for sharing your story with us. we have been joined by cedric richmond the distinguished chair of the congressional black caucus. earlier i head statistics from the caucus about how many people were -- had daca -- were dreamers from caribbeanrom ger,tc. e read some testimony that was from our press conference by the

eamer sent by kamla harris from gmbingts aleese and coming from the african-american community now. thank you for coming, congressman richmond. ok now we have from david vazquez, a dreamer i have met, he was born in germany, moved to the united states at age 13. he grew up in eling grove village, illinois and graduated at the top of his high school class he earned a full-ride scholarship to college through questbridge, that links low income students with college in the u.s. he graduated with a double major in economics and german and was able to spend two summers interning at goldman sachs. a later joined alpha site, high growth startup, he established their san francisco office and grew it from 8 to 25 employees.

many of these dreamers have started businesses, created jobs by creating small businesses by being entrepreneurs. that's an important part of our economy. jesper kim, brought to the united states when he was 2 years old, received his associate degree, pursuing a degree in computer science he feel continues to volunteer at his church and in his high school key club. evelyn valdez ward from irvine, california. graduate student at the university of california irvine. first general ration female hispanic undocumented scientist. evelyn constantly seeks to dismantle economic, racial, and cultural bare yeses. she's part of the 1% of 800,000 daca students that pursue post-graduate education.

in addition to studying climate on the pact on -- community. she received her bachelor's degree in biology from university of houston downtown. he spent a variety of years in projects that spark her passion for ecology. she helped create a plant water transport model using chaparral shrubs to test drought tolerance . this is very important research. in 2014 and 2015 she worked under the direction of dr. scott mangen, michael tobin and claudia stein in st. louis tyson esearch center where she study phylogenetic relationships in

prairie grasslands. studying at university of california irvin and ford foundation predoctoral fellow she's studying thesques of climate change on the interaction between plants and their soil mike robes. she's dedicated to combines her -- combining her scientific traping with mentoring of underrepresented minorities in stem. evelyn hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists by pushing forward a mission to diversify stem. thank you for that, evelyn. againmark of the great things, discoveries in america came from immigrants coming here. many of the great academic minds in our country came from another country. but then -- at the same time america produced our own and that's pretty exciting combination. ann cueva, a young mexican

immigrant who has called utah and the united states home since 1998 when she was 5 years old. from this young age and we have a number of daca dreamers, we have a number of dreamers from utah, we thank the -- them for speaking up. from this young age she's always taught the importance of education, hard work, and family. beyond the values her parents instilled in her, her future was also shaped when a year after arriving to this country her mom became very ill. this experience gave her a desire to help others and began to forge a path on her journey to find her calling in nursing. in fact, nursing solidified her as her american dream when she was just 9 years old. to achieve this dream she understood how important it was to honor her parents' decisions and dedicated herself to education and community. as a teenager she quickly became a volunteer at her local hospital and later was elected president of the national honor

society. for her high school chapter. she attended an accelerated high school, earned her associate degree iscience at 17, and graduated top 10% of her senior class. she continued her studies a year later with the help of daca. now she prides herself on being able to say she achieved her professional dream of being a registered nurse, b.s.n., currently working in shock therapy i.c.u. level one trauma cent for the utah. she graduated with high honors from utah valley university in december, 2016. thank you, ana, for sharing your story with us which i submit for the record. ayla garcia espino of wyoming. she came to the united states when she was 5 years old from mexico. in 2016 she earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in the n accounting from fair state

university. she was a deputy treasury for the city of east grand rapids and has been working for the city for almost three years. her daca expires in october, 2018. may i correct the record. she's not from wyoming. she's from wyoming, michigan. city in michigan. ok. from coleen hanabusa, who has been with us for a large part of the day this testimony. am i not lucky to be able to become so familiar with so many of these beautiful dreamers? we want to send these people back? this talent this rich talent, this achievement, this determination, this faith in the future, this patriotism for america? i don't think so. we have to make it happen. i have confidence. hi. name is cecilia, i'm a daca

recipient. my parents came to the united states of america seeking american dream. i and my siblings came here when we were young. i was 4 when my mother and i came to u.s.a. it was not until i was a senior in high school that i found out i had no legal status in this country of opportunity. today i humbly ask that you issue legal resident status to those who have benefited from president obama's deferred action for childhood arrivals. president john f. kennedy said, ask not what you can do for your country -- asked ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. this program has opened the door for myself and other undocumented children to have education, employment and other leadership roles in their community so they can do something for our country. president trump said he'll he is slamming the door in the face of daca recipients and

damaging the economy and perhaps across the world. we feel a sense of danger, people who have benefited want to become positive members of the u.s. community. those with severe criminal backgrounds do not qualify for daca. ask, and this is a letter to congressman hues. and protect these information that return to the department of homeland security in order to return peace of mind. only with your help that we continue working for a better america. it's interesting as we read these letters. how many families hesitated to tell their children about their status. i can understand why.

they would not want to frighten them. but nonetheless, when they do find out, they are very shocked by it. we shouldn't have that kind of fear and shock in our country, especially for our children. and while these parents took great risk and have great courage and determination to protect their children, unfortunately, we didn't have comprehensive immigration reform to avoid some of these sad situations. congresswoman velazquez has testimony from a dreamer. a young new yorker who faces an uncertain future. he came to the united states since age two. she is holding a job.

because she is undocumented, she is not able to secure financial aid. and working with a community group that stands up and empowers some of the most vulnerable neighbors. she is the type of person we want contributing to our nation. congress is turning its back on dreamers. this is shameful for young patriotic people and for hundreds of thousands of young americans. yes, americans. we need to pass the dream act now. i appreciate the statement from her. blue i hope we can be more optimistic about the prospect not turning our back and having a discussion and debate on the floor of the house in passinging legislation and i hope the speaker would give us in this

house of representatives, the dignity that we deserve to discuss matters on the floor of this house and the house of representatives work its will in order to address this issue. the senate has gotten that privilege -- not privilege, but a given by the leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell and in consultation with the bipartisan group of members that we have bipartisan legislation what should be bipartisan and should be done openly and union if i people. that should be the rule of thumb, especially necessary to do this soon. why, we ask the question. why is the house cut out of this discussion? why? we neethat answer from the speaker of the house. our e we not given

constitutional opportunity to iscuss this important issue? just a few more from members, ok. i just have -- i think we did all these. ok. actually, i could stay here for the full 40 hours and do this, but i know that we have a vote to take and the rest, so let us our onclude with co-sponsor of the bill, no relation. congress reminds currently lives in texas. as graduating from high school, he received his b.a. in psychology and earned an m.s. at the university of texas. he has attended harvard where he

s pursuing a doctorate degree. carlos has devoted his endeavors to issues to unauthorized migration and support and guidance. in addition to academic attention, he has remaped in this community as the coordinator for u tmp sa, .niversity of texas san antonio he has mr accomplishments. mover, to together with undocumented students, he coordinated efforts and mobilizing the efforts daca students. they advocate to improve the educational opportunities for the population. i'm going to go for one.

and one resides in los angeles. and without papers and despite, risen to the challenge. and implemented supporting dreamers and she involved in the advocacy in victorville and congressman cook's office. she hopes to become a lawyer one day and right now, she hopes to become a lawyer. nd i'm joined by congresswoman schakowsky and kathy castor. you were here earlier and congresswoman carol shea-porter and congresswoman kelly and salesman cohen. nd comma congresswoman katherine clark. and congressman bobby scott.

congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. i read your testimony earlier and congressman david cicilline yvette clark. and hank johnson. i think we have acknowledged all of the members who are here. and more i acknowledged earlier. she was sitting next to -- tting next to representative strong as. my colleagues. the last eight hours i have had the privilege of reading the testimony of so many dreamers and i still have more but > read them all.

> i thank all of you ms. pelosi: it's a privilege to read the eloquent statements of the dreamers as they express their love of america, their commitment to a better future to our country and their own families. it was a double honoro do so with the recommendations of the testimony that you all extended -- presented -- recommended these testimonials and have so many of you here in the course of the day, a real tribute to the respect that we have for our dreamers. i accept your applause on behalf

of them, because it was their story that i told. in addition to the bible and the catholic conference of bishops and pope francis and pope other and so many religious groups. i thank all of you. our basic request is honor the house of representatives. give us a chance to have a vote on the floor. the republican leader in the senate -- ms. pelosi: the republican leader, mitch mcconnell has gone forward with the budget proposal with the promise that he will give that opportunity to the floor of the senate. the senate will work its will and we'll work our will, but it must be bipartisan, transparent and unifying ad there is a lot

of hard work and this bill. and there may be other options. i'm telling you that. with that, though, i thank the staff of the house of representatives, the various speakers of the house who have been up there with such courtesy. you smile. you smile. let us acknowledge the dreamers and their optimism, their inspiration to make america more american. hank you, my colleagues. ms. pelosi: with that, i yield ack.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. >> thank you very much. allow me to just say that we continue on this most important legislation, 1153. ms. waters: and we have had the opportunity to yield time to speaker -- well, leader pelosi. in while she certainly came to oppose this bill, that we have before us having yielded one minute to the leader, is the most profound one minute probably in the history of this institution. that one minute that ended up eight hours where leader pelosi talked about the plight of daca

and the dreamers and i'm very proud that in yielding that one minute, we had the opportunity to listen to leader pelosi deal with an issue and demand that we have an opportunity to have a real debate and a real discussion in the people's house. so i'm very pleased we had that opportunity. and now, let meust y, i have no further requests for time and i'm prepared to close. and so with that, i will yield myself the remainder of my time. mr. speaker, american consumers are under attack by the trump administration and republicans in congress every day. we learn about either another effort to weaken guardrails and protecting consumers from predatory actors or another

trump apointey to hold someone accountable. and the securities exchange commission have stopped enforcing our nation's consumer and security laws. milk mulvaney who unlawfully ppointed as -- the speaker pro tempore: please take your conversations from the floor. ms. waters: there is a lot of excitement here because of what took place in the last eight hours and i don't feel interrupted at all. i just feel very, very pleased that we had the opportunity to have that speech by our leader. however, i will just continue and let me just get to the fact who gain, mick mulvaney,

trump unlawfully appointed head of the consumer bureau is gutted the office, limiting the consumer bureau's ability to stop bad actors from discriminating against communities f color. ws reports that mulvaney has slowed down the investigation of ells fargo, the ultimate example. wells fargo has zphitted to ripping off americans with credit cards, forced placed auto insurance and much, much more. but the trump administration has undermined consumer protections. house republicans have been in lockstep with the president when t comes back to rolling back

consumer protections. . instead of putting consumers first, house republicans passed a congressional review act resolution to repeal a rule that would have helped consumers who have been wronged by the big banks to join together to hold them accountable. but that's just one example of how house republicans have tried to undermine consumer laws. for years now they've tried to cut the funding of the consumer bureau or to change its structure. and having failed in those attempts, they now have their inside man, mick mulvaney, who is working to destroy the bureau from within. we shouldn't be surprised, since the chairman of the financial services committee has said he wants to, quote, financially terminate and, well, end quote, the consumer bureau. the bill before us today should be viewed as one part of this

long line of attempts by my colleagues on the opposite side of the aisle to undermine a fundamental consumer protection. homebuyers should not be gouged or swindled just because they want to own a home. h.r. 1153 would legitimatize predatory kickbacks through affiliated firms, megabanks, including bad actors like wells fargo and other lenders, would be incentivized to steer their borrowers into more costly products simply because they can. h.r. 1153 is a bad bill that will only line the pockets of wall street with the hard-earned savings of main street. but don't just take my word for it. civil rights groups and consumer advocates all agree that this is bad for america. so, despite all of the excitement that we've had here on the floor today, with leader pelosi, and the message that she brought to this congress, i want

all of our members to simply reject president trump's and house republican ares' attack on -- republicans' attack on consumers. vote no on h.r. 1153 and support on the osi in calling for a issue dealing with daca and the dreamers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized, 2 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of the time. mr. speaker, we could not be more highly honored that the minority leader would take such 1153, the in h.r. mortgage choice act. i am reminded that there are members who come to this great chamber to make speeches and there are those who come to make laws. i it comes to speeches,

would note that the gettysburg address came in at two minutes and americans may think it had greater eloquence. i would note that as the minority leader quoted the bible frequently throughout her speech, it reminds me of isiah 1:18, quote, come now, let us reason together, says the lord. yet president trump stood right there in the state of the union address with his hand out, with an olive branch, extending an open hand to work with members of both parties on an immigration reform package. he offered a fair compromise. he offered a fair compromise. and instead the minority leader slapped his hand and called it insulting, mr. speaker.

he called -- she called it lame. she called it dangerous. this is not someone who has come to this chamber, the people's house, in order to make laws. the president offered -- he didn't offer legalization. he offered a pathway to citizenship. he didn't offer this for 700,000. he offered it for 1.8 million and he said, let's secure our borders and let's make sure that immigrants who come to this country come legally and come with their sleesks rolled up, come -- sleeves rolled up, coming to work and build america. there are those who want to solve a problem and there are those who want to exacerbate a problem for the election. meanwhile, mr. speaker, hardworking americans need the to rtunity to get mortgages

buy their part of the american dream. and everything that the ranking member said, she ought to share it with her own democrats, because half of them on our committee support h.r. 1153, which is good for america, good for homebuyers. i encourage all house members to adopt it. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 725, the previous question is ordered on the bill. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to amend the truth and lending act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on pass afpblgt bill -- passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes havet.

ms. waters: recorded vote requested. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker. on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15 minutes.