Raising A Question of the Privileges of the House
Floor Speech
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Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Chuy Garcia and against this resolution. I am, in fact, appalled at the hubris behind all of this.
If this is not a question of legality, if this is not a question of State law, then what is it a question of?
I was in Chicago with Congressman Chuy Garcia when hearings were held about the inhumane and barbaric treatment of Chicagoans across his district and other districts by this administration and ICE. I saw his conviction, his commitment, his love for not just his district but the city in which he was raised and lives.
This is a man who is a legend. He is a legend to his district, and he is a legend in this Congress. I don't understand why we are having to debate him. This is character assassination.
My question is this: Is this the most significant subversion that has happened this year? We have an administration that is starving poor children. We have an administration that is involved in unauthorized strikes in countries around the globe. We are in the midst of fighting for survivors by getting the Epstein files released. We are in the fight of our lives to make sure that Americans can afford the healthcare that they deserve. That is what we should be debating. Those are issues that are far more pressing and critical to Americans.
I was home in my district this weekend. Not one person asked me about Chuy Garcia, not one person in my district or in my State. We have to worry about our own districts. Isn't that what people say, ``What is happening in your district?'' Worry about your own district.
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Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. I would just ask that we get back to that.
I am going to have to say this Democratic intraparty fighting is not what any of us want, and it is not what the American people deserve. I would hope that we would get back to focusing on the issues that are most critical. If any of us have an issue with what is going on in somebody else's district, we should have the decency and respect to go to them and ask them about what is going on in their district before we do all of this kind of character assassination on this House floor.
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