Hawaii. We grew up poor but tom worked so hard every day to build a life for us in this country. She worked minimumwage jobs with no Health Insurance removed apartments and schools every few years. Eventually was able to bring my grandparents from japan so i understand as an immigrant how important family reunification is to immigrant s families. I share my story not because i think its particularly therl extraordinary but its ath story that millions of families in our country shared, the same hopes that drove my mom to risk everything to bring us to america are reflected in the stories of millions of immigrant families across the country. They are reflector than the lives of dreamers whose futures are now at risk because of the president s decision to end the daca program. More than 15,000 youngeo people have already lost their from deportation as a result of the president s decision. 122 more will lose daca protection every single day. It was the sense of urgency in mind that i joine
The punch line. Surveying our bases and installations across the world, g. A. O. Found that weather and Climate Change pose operational and budgetary risks to infrastructure. G. A. O. Recommended that d. O. D. s climate planning be increased, specifically that the secretaries of army, navy, and air force require defense installations to, and i quote, system mat cali track the costs associated with extreme weather events and Climate Change, end quote, and recommended that d. O. D. Better coordinate addressing Climate Change risks across d. O. D. Installations. This picture in the g. A. O. Report shows an unnamed military facility in the pacific that has at times been cut off by flooding from Access Points to its mao nices storage munitions storage complex. If you have a military facility that cant get access to its munitions storage, you have a problem. This is the picture of the flooded entryway, and this is the picture of a similar entryway under normal circumstances able to be travel
To literally the only nation they have ever called home. Thank you madam president. Mr. President every member of thisy body is only a few generations removed from a immigrant experience. At some point in the recent past each of our ancestors made the courageous decision to leave their homes in search of a better life in america. Each of them took a risk. They didnt know what awaited them in this country but they believe through their own hard work and determination they could succeed. My mother took a huge risk when she brought my brothers and me to this country leaving her entire family behind. She packed her belongings into oneng suitcase and we set sail r hawaii. We grew up poor but mom worked so hard everyday to build a life for us in this country. She worked minimumwage jobs with no health insurance. We moved apartments in schools every few years. Eventually we were able to bring my grandparents to hawaii from japan so i understand as an immigrant how important family unification
Them in this country but they believed that through their own hard work and determination they can succeed. My mother took a huge risk when she brought my brothers and me to this country leaving her entire family behind. She packed our belongings into one suitcase and we set sail for hawaii. We grew up poor, but mom worked so hard every day to build a life for us in this country. She worked minimumwage jobs with no health insurance. We moved apartments and schools every few years. Eventually we were able to bring my grandparents to hawaii from japan, so i understand as an immigrant how important family unification is to immigrant families. I share my story not because i think its particularly extraordinary, but its a story that millions of families in our country share. The same hopes that drove my mom to risk everything to bring us to america are reflected in the stories of millions of immigrant families across the country. And they are reflected in the lives of dreamers whose futures
Economy that has people want to be part of it, able to be part of it, and particularly people who grew up in the United States of america be a part of it and i would yield. Mr. President , its time for the senate to do its job as a separate branch ofnt government and this week we come together in a bipartisan way basis to resolve the crisis created when he canceled daca. We can provide hundreds of thousands of young people in our country their shot at pursuing the American Dreams without fear of deportation. Right now these are people who were brought to this country as children are terrified that they will be separated from their families and the lives they built here in the only country they know and love. I have met and spoken with so many dreamers in the house of congress these past months and their focus, determination and commitment in this fight continues to be extraordinary and inspiring. Each dreamer has a different storyy to tell but they all shae a profoundly simple aspirati