{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2023/5/stanton-speaks-ahead-of-house-floor-vote-on-gop-border-bill-does-nothing-to-make-border-states-like-mine-safer", "Stanton Speaks Ahead of House Floor Vote on GOP Border Bill:  \u201cDoes Nothing to Make Border States Like Mine Safer\u201d", "2023-05-11", "2023", "2023-05", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Rep. Greg Stanton spoke on the House floor this afternoon, urging his colleagues to work in good faith to invest in border security while modernizing our broken immigration system.\n\nHis remarks were ahead of a vote on H.R. 2, the so-called \u2018Secure the Border Act\u2019\u2014a partisan effort that will weaken the nation\u2019s border security by diverting law enforcement resources away from preventing drug trafficking and intercepting national security threats to detaining asylum seekers and criminalizing Dreamers.\n\nEarlier today, Stanton led 43 of his colleagues in a letter to House leadership calling for meaningful bipartisan action to address the crisis at the southern border and strengthen our economy. [LINK]\n\nFull text of Stanton\u2019s speech is below. Video his speech is here. [LINK]\n\n---\n\nMister Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2. I am deeply frustrated by this Administration\u2019s failure to adequately prepare for the end of Title 42\u2026 and my constituents in Arizona are too. They know the Administration could have and should have done more to prepare for this day. That\u2019s the simple truth.\n\nBut the bill before us today does nothing to make border states like mine safer.\n\nIt does not ensure an orderly and humane legal asylum process. . . . and even makes it more difficult for refugees from countries like Cuba and Ukraine to seek asylum here..\n\nIt does not stop the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl into our communities . . . in fact, it diverts law enforcement resources from going after drug traffickers and smugglers.\n\nThis bill demands much more from Customs and Border Protection Officers. . . but does not provide the necessary funding for CBP to manage the surge of traffic, leaving our ports\u2014and our nation\u2014more vulnerable and less secure.\n\nMy colleagues on the other side of the aisle even want to eliminate federal funding that faith-based and local aid groups depend on to shelter, feed and clothe migrants. Without those shelters, there would be even more street releases by Border Patrol into communities like Phoenix and Tucson. That\u2019s inhumane. My amendment to strike that part of this bill . . . they wouldn\u2019t even give it a vote.\n\nAnd make no mistake, if signed into law, H.R. 2 would hurt our economy, especially in Arizona.\n\nEvery employer I\u2019ve met with in my district. . . from farmers to contractors to high-tech manufacturing companies. . . tells me they can\u2019t find enough skilled workers. This bill does nothing to strengthen workforce pipelines\u2014it actually makes hiring more difficult.\n\nAll of these things, Mister Speaker, show that this proposal isn\u2019t serious.\n\nInstead of sabotaging an already-broken immigration system, I invite my colleagues across the aisle to help us modernize it. Common-sense reforms would help us rebuild our nation\u2019s infrastructure, invest in domestic manufacturing, create jobs, improve trade with Mexico and combat inflation.\n\nNow, my colleagues across the aisle say our first priority should be securing our southern border, and I agree. The situation at our border is dire\u2014there\u2019s no getting around it, and Congress and the Administration must do more.\n\nBut one of the best things we can do to secure the border is modernize the immigration system. These are not incompatible goals. Any serious proposal must do both.\n\nI\u2019m ready to work in good faith to find a path forward, and I\u2019ll be waiting at the table when my colleagues across the aisle are ready to do the same.\n\nI yield back.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2023/5/stanton-speaks-ahead-of-house-floor-vote-on-gop-border-bill-does-nothing-to-make-border-states-like-mine-safer"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.746504869312048, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}