Or, did you hear the one about the dentist who married the manicurist . Theyve been fighting tooth and nail ever since. See what i mean . They might make you grown groan a little bit, but they make you smile and make you think of a time when things were a little more simpleand a little more respectful and innocent. Morris also hosted a weekly radio show from the 1940s until his retirement. Indeed, his show brought tremendous happiness to many people in northern california. What is not maybe as well known about morris is that he was also a decorated veteran of world war, i isks world war ii. Where he flew a cargo plane between india and china. He went on to receive the distinguished flying cross, which is second only in prestige to the medal of honor. Again, being an oklahoman, moved to the north state, where he quickly became a local icon in our community, he was well loved. And a great patriot. One time in a personal experience, i was out campaigning, going door to door, this time in chico, california, and i happened upon his door. He opened it up and i hadnt really looked at the walk sheet too closely at that point. It was night. And so there he was. Morris taylor at the door. I was kind of taken aback. Because heres the local legend. He invited me right in and we sat down for a little bit and, you know, he told me a little bit about his politics there, he was a participant as well. Didnt come ot in the show and probably good and respect didnt come out in the show and probably good and respectfully so. He said, you know, doug, youre all right. I support you, youre doing a good job. Which means a lot from a guy like that. That maybe somehow im on the right track here. So, each week his show, they played a lot of songs and make a lot of jokes and he would end the show with his signature song, his original song, called high sierra. So maybe ill share just a few of those lyrics right now. High sierra, skies of blue, Whispering Pines remind me of you. Walking together over meadows green. You pleng we pledged our love by a rippling stream. I can see the sunlight on our golden hair. And hear the words you told me as we were standing there. High sierra, calling me home. At this point in the show the credits would fade out and the lyrics would come to an end and people were already waiting again for next sunday to come around. As the song says, high sierra is once again calling him home. After 93 years, enriching the lives of northern californians, many of us were fortunate to sing along with him during those years years. Those memories wont fade. There will never be another like morris taylor. Hell be greatly missed. Indeed. High sierra calling me home. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from new york, mr. He is pat, is recognized for 57 mr. Espaillat, is recognized for 57 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. Mr. Espaillat mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the subject of my special order. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Espaillat mr. Speaker, i stand on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives, as the clock keeps ticking for us to act on behalf of dreamers and Daca Recipients. Tonighthis house approved aion. Funding government to continue to stay open for another four weeks. That did not include a resolution to the dire conditions faced by dreamers and Daca Recipients. It did not include funding for communitybased Health Clinics and certainly it did not adequately support the men and women in our armed forces. Yet, mr. Speaker, as we continue to move forward, many members of this house have worked diligently throughout the months to address the issues faced by dreamers and Daca Recipients. In fact, they have engaged in bipartisan legislative solutions. And we currently have three bipartisan bills that could have been voted on today. On this very same floor of the house of representatives. And i guarantee you that if they would have been brought here to this floor, and if they had given us the opportunity to vote on them, they would have passed. Because dreamers are very popular in america. All polls show that over 80 of americans across the nation, in different states, in different cities, want these young people to stay. Once you meet them, once you see their young faces, their energy, their desire to work and move forward, their patriotism for america, they win you over. No other immigrationrelated polled as ieve has high as the support that dreamers are getting from america across the country. Folks that live in red states and blue states, in districts represented by democrats, districts represented by overwhelminglyel that these young people should stay here. That they should not be punished and sent back to a country that many ofhem dt really know. Where they have no connection with family members. Some may not even speak the language spoken in those countries. Or be familiar with the customs in those nations. They feel they are americans. And they have contributed tremendously to our nation. And so these bipartisan efforts, solutions, that my colleagues have engaged in are very important. Lets begin by talking about the dream act. A clean dream act, which is a bipartisan bill led by representative roybalallard, a democrat from california, and representative ileana roslehtinen, a republican from florida. This particular bill, the dream 200 a clean dream act, has bipartisan cosponsors. Including myself. This is not amnesty. The ave tried to portray dreamers quest and fight as a fight for amnesty. This is not amnesty. This particular bill, which has , asks of osponsors the dreams that are in order for them to be eligible for the dream act, that a person needed to have been 18 years of age on the date of entry. That they have been physically present in the u. S. Four years prior to the enactment of the legislation. That they couldnt any applicant could not be convicted of any offense punishable for more than one year or three or miles an hour offenses resulting in 90 days or more of imprisonment. In other words, they had to have a clean record. His was just to be considered. Once they were accepted into the program, they will get a conditional permanent residency status. A temporary green card. Then the transition to lawful permanent residence under the dream act, a dreamer needed to do the following. In other words, for them to transition from a conditional green card to a permanent green card, they needed maintain a clean record for eight years. They needed to have completed a College Degree or two years for a bachelors degree or higher. Or they must have served in the military for two years. It further adds that they would have to have been employed for at least three years, for 75 of the time under the conditional permanent residency status. In addition to that, only after meeting all of the above they could then transition to legal permanent status. And so after that, an additional five years, they will have to wait an additional five years for them to be able to apply for naturalization. Citizenship. So they would have to wait in total, from the time they got their temporary green card to the time they actually will be eligible to apply for citizenship, a total of 13 years. Ore than a decade. So, the campaign to portray the dream act or a solution to the dreamers and daca situation as mnesty is totally false. 13 years, 13 long years they will have to wait from the minute they got a temporary green card to the time they will be eligible to apply for naturalization. Citizenship. And so 80 of america supports these dreamers. And this is the dream act. A bipartisan bill that has been around for some time, led by republicans and democrats, that did not have a Border Security provision to it. But we heard how the other side of the aisle wanted to address some of the concerns at the border. And a group of bipartisan members of this ohio house, led by represent of this house, hurd from esentative texas and pete aguilar, began out if together a second proposal. The u. S. A. Act. Nd this proposal currently has 49 bipartin cosponsors it. Came out of efforts put together response cosponsors. It came came out of efforts put together by a group called the problem solvers. And in this particular proposal, the u. S. A. Act, in order for you to be eligible for it, a person needed to be at least 18 years of age on the date of entry. Not have been, again, convicted of an offense punishable for more than one year or any combination of offenses resulting in imprisonment for more than one year. Then the person could transition to lawful permanent residency. Again, maintaining a clean record for eight years and ving completed a College Degree, completed two years in a bachelors degree, or higher postsecondary vocational programs. They must have served in the military for the entire length of their enlistment contract. Or been employed for at least three years, 80 of the time they were under conditional permanent residency status. Only after meeting all of the above can they transition then to legal permanent residency. And then after five additional yea they will ve been able to apply fo naturalization. The u. S. A. Act has a Border Security component, unlike the clean dream act. These bipartisan members of this house tried to address some of the concerns of members from across the aisle that continue to complain and be seriously concerned about Border Security. And they included directing Homeland Security to deploy more technology along the border. And to submit a plan to Congress Regarding expansion of vehicle, cargo and pedestrian inspection lanes on the top 10 highvolume ports of entry. This last clause in this bill is very important. Our ports of entry are antiquated and dilapidated and this is precisely where most of the illegal drugs, illegal guns, and Human Trafficking enters our nation. And this particular bill calls for revamping and modernizing these ports of entry. The u. S. A. Act also would add an additional 55 Immigration Judges per year for over the nt three fiscal years and finally, this bipartisan bill develops a strategy to address the factors driving migration from northern triangle countries in central america. So you have the dream act, the clean dream act which many of us fought for and you have the u. S. A. Act, another bipartisan bill that many in this house fought to put together. But it does not end there. In addition to these two avenues that could have been taken tonight here in this house to address thee plight of 800,000 reamers, the senate acts and sends us over an immigration framework of ideas led by senator graham and durbin, in addition to senators michael bennett, jeff flake, Corey Gardner and senator bob menendez from new jersey. Thunder framework, the Eligibility Criteria bars dreamers who have been convicted of crimes and they must satisfy any federal Tax Liability that may have they may have accrued while receiving work uthorization under daca. A path way to citizenship would be 12 years unlike the other two proposals that call for eight years. This is 12 years two. Of which they could get credit for, for their time under daca. This is this proposal this framework coming from the senate also added additional Border Security elements which included 4. 59 billion for wall planning, design, and construction as well as an additional 1. 1 billion for tactical infrastructure, software, Surveillance Technology and other equipment. Ll three of these bills were drafted under a bipartisan effort by members of both sides of the aisle. Think it is tragic we lost another great oounity tonight to bring any one of those bills to the floor to be voted upon by the members of this house. Particularly since the public entiment, over 80 of america, feels that these young people should stay in our nation. And let me now, mr. Speaker, yield time to my good colleague and friend from the great state f texas, congressman al green. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. I truly and sincerely thank the gentleman from new york for allowing me the time. I would like to acknowledge that his message was most edifying. It was made per spicks youly clear and anyone having the opportunity to hear his message clearly understands that there is a pathway to success for the dreamers. Im grateful that he has given his message and im honored he has yielded time. Mr. Speaker, dr. King, and i mention him tonight because we just celebrated his life and legacy, and im still celebrating. But dr. King reminded us that , time is always ripe ripe, always ripe to do right. Beneficial. Always the time is always right to do that which is right. There may appear to be circumstances before you that cause you to conclude to that there are great obstacles in youray and because of these obstacles you probably should wait a little bit longer. But there are some questions tht cannot wait and allowing time to pass will only allow greater harm to manifest itself. The time is always ripe, the time is always right to do that which is right. In the past, the not too distant past, i was accorded the preeminent privilege of bringing a privileged resolution before this congress. And that resolution was one for impeachment. That resolution received 58 votes. To further the opportunity for impeachment to be voted upon. There were a good many people who were of the opinion that this was 57 more votes than expected. I had no idea as to the number of votes that would be cast for moving the resolution forward, such that there might be an up or down vote on impeachment. I had no idea 58 votes was not acceptable to me but i also want the record to show, mr. Speaker, that if there had been but one vote, that would have been accept 58 votes was acceptable to me but i also want that if there had been but one vote that would have been acceptable to me. Because the time is always ripe to do what is right. Im honored to say i believe the time is right for additional articles of impeachment. As a result there have on tomorrow, additional articles of impeachment will be brought because the time is right and because allowing adecisional time to pass will only allow additional harm to manifest itself without a proper challenge having been made to things that are occurring from the presidency that, mr. Speaker, cannot be tolerated. Mr. Speaker, im honored to say to you that i have no idea tooze what the vote will be when we vote tomorrow or within the next two legislative days as required by the rules. My suspicion is the vote will take place tomorrow. I dent set the time for the vote. I determine when the resolution will be presented, and the speaker of the house determines when the actual vote will take place. That is his to decide. I respect any decision that he makes. But as to my colleagues, i am not lobbying anyone to vote for thisesolion. Each person must address what his or her conscience dictates. I have no idea as to what the vote will be. I say this candidly because there are a good many people who continually query how will people vote . What will the outcome be . I have no idea, mr. Speaker. But i say this. Whatever the outcome, i will know that i have den the right thing. I will know that i will be on the right side of history. And i will know that there are unborn generations who will look back through the vista of time and they will make decisions about the actions we take at this time. And i will let them judge. It is unfortunate but the people of the time that we live in can sometimes not be in the best position to judge the things that we do. The actions that we take. So i will know, mr. Speaker, that we have done the right thing. And i will know that the judges who look through the vista of time will set the record straight for those who may have some confusion about whats happening at this time. And i am confident, mr. Speaker, that whatever the vote is, it will be a vote that will be recorded on our records, it will be the second vote and i want the record to show that i repeatedly stood on the right side of history. I will repeatedly do this. And for those who may be concerned, this may not be the last vote. So there may be more than two votes. That we will take. That will show where we stand on this great question of our time. What is the great question of our time . The great question of our time as it relates to those of us in this country and around the world is this. Unitedgoing to allow the states of america the country that i love, no one singing the star spangled banner louder than i do, maybe not in a perfect key. No one recites the pledge with greater enthusiasm than i do. One believes in the words extolled in the pledge of allegiance, liberty and jusity for all, more than i do. No one believes in the words of the declaration of independence more than i do, endowed by their creators with certain inalienable rights. I love my country. So the question is this country, the leader of the free world, people around the world depend on us for leadership and guidance on the great issues impacting the world. Whether they be political or moral. People in this world depend on the United States. People want to know, where is the United States of america when it comes to a crisis . Regard lofse the magnitude of the crisis, where are the americans . The leads of the free world . Mr. Speaker, the question is, inl we allow our preeminence the world to be diminished by a perception that we condone and accept, in fact, will tolerate, dig tri . Will we tolerate bigotry . Will we allow the bigotry emanating in this country from the highest office, will we allow that to become the image of the United States of america. Will we allow people around the world to think that we condone this . I think not. Which is why i will bring the articles of impeachment tomorrow. It is my opinion that i, personal pronoun, will not and should not tolerate bigotry. I lived too long, mr. Speaker, i fought too hard, i suffered too many indignations associated with segregation. Had the kla nbings rn a cross in my ya. I know what bigotry looks like, i know what it smells like, i know what it sounds like, i know what it feels like. Ive just been involved and engaged in this struggle too long to tolerate it. I refuse to tolerate bigotry. And the truth is, that which you will tolerate, you are not likely to change. If youll tolerate it, youre not likely to change it. So my vote tomorrow will be one indicative of a person who will not to