president. they are wafer thin. we should not be moving forward on something like this. the country deserves a lot better than they re getting in this impeachment process, and i ll be glad when i get beyond this because it s bad for the country and very divisive. i yield back. does anyone else seek recognition of this amendment? move to strike the last word. the gentleman is recognized. thank you, mr. chairman. i hear my colleague from rhode island say that this isn t about policy differences. this is about our obligation to protect and defend our constitution. it s about courage. well, of course it s about policy differences because you said nothing on your side when president obama sent his surrogates out to lie about benghazi. you said nothing when president obama s administration entered into a gun running deal with mexican cartels and the fast and furious program was developed.
important. i want to point that out. the obama has threefolded the security when it comes to the last administration on the border. but that being said, what do you make of trump s policy? we are not going to build a big enough fence to address this problem. i think maybe donald trump has to look at the map of the united states and realize how long our border is. this is not at all about a fence. and i think, with all due respect to your other commentator. this isn t about policy differences. there are lines that should not be crossed. and when you call people rapists, when you call people criminals. when all of the facts, when all of the statistics demonstrate that immigrants are the least likely to commit crime in the country, when you say those things things, you are pointing to a long history of dog whistles in this country with regard to our politics. and that is just unacceptable and that s why we have to be proud of what nbc did. i agree. mr. fernandez, i agree.