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Gutierrez Resents GOP STEM Bill

Clipped from:House Session
Nov 30, 2012

Rep. Gutierrez calls for an honest immigration debate and denounces new measures to treat immigrants and their families better if they have PhDs and Master's Degrees while taking away immigration from others.

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00:00:00 FROM ILLINOIS.
00:00:02 I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR THREE MINUTES.
00:00:04 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS IS RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
00:00:07 MR.
00:00:08 GUTIERREZ: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
00:00:12 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT STEM VISAS ARE AND WE DON'T WANT TO DEBATE THE POINT.
00:00:18 THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
00:00:19 THAT'S WHY WHEN WE HAVE THE REAL IMMIGRATION DEBATE, THE DEBATE THAT WILL RESULT IN THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT, THE DEBATE THAT STARTS IN JANUARY WHEN CONGRESS IS SWORN IN, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE STEM VISAS IN THAT BILL.
00:00:34 SO EVERYONE AGREES STEM VISAS ARE IMPORTANT, AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION, I HOPE YOU KNOW IT NOW.
00:00:41 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT US TO FIX OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
00:00:45 BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT MESSAGE I GOT FROM THE ELECTION IS THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE SAY THAT WE CAN SOLVE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WORK TOGETHER, PUT ASIDE BITTERNESS, COME TO THE TABLE IN AN HONEST MANNER.
00:01:01 NOT ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT LOWERING THE RHETORIC, AN HONEST MANNER.
00:01:05 A TRANSPARENT MANNER.
00:01:06 WE CAN SOLVE THE TOUGH PROBLEMS OF IMMIGRATION AND MAKE IT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
00:01:13 WE NEED TO MAKE IT A PART OF AMERICA'S PASS, PRESENT, AND FUTURE AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION MESS LIKE ADULTS.
00:01:21 HONESTLY AND OPENLY AND IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER.
00:01:24 WE NEED TO STOP SCORING CHEAP POLITICAL POINTS AND PLAYING GAMES WITH IMMIGRATION AND START WORKING TOGETHER, NOT BRINGING BILLS WITHOUT EVER DISCUSSING AND NEGOTIATING WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.
00:01:36 THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU GET COMPREHENSIVE, WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO DISAPPOINTING THAT THE MAJORITY HAS DECIDED TO UNDERMINE AN AREA OF BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON STEM VISAS BY LOADING UP THE MEASURE WITH PROVISION THAT IS ARE A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE CORE VALUE AND THE POSITION OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:01:59 . IF YOU SUPPORT THIS BILL THEN YOU ARE SAYING THAT ONE TYPE OF IMMIGRANT IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
00:02:06 THEIR WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
00:02:08 IN ORDER TO GIVE VISAS TO THOSE WITH PH.
00:02:11 D.'S AND MASTERS DEGREES, REPUBLICANS MAKE TWO DEMANDS.
00:02:15 FIRST, WE TAKE AWAY VISAS AND THE ONLY MEANS OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM 50,000 PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE PH.
00:02:22 D.'S OR MASTERS DEGREES.
00:02:25 TALK ABOUT PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
00:02:27 MY DAD, IF HE HAD BEEN AN IMMIGRANT FROM IRELAND OR NIGERIA OR TAIWAN WOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD, NOPE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU, MR.
00:02:36 GUTIERREZ. IT'S LIKE WE USED TO SAY HANGING UP SIGNS IN AMERICA, HELP WANTED, IRISH NEED NOT APPLY, WHICH IS PART OF THE DIVERSITY PROGRAM THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL.
00:02:48 THE OTHER PART IS THAT WE TREAT FAMILIES WITH PH.
00:02:51 D.'S AND MASTERS DEGREES DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE DOCTORATES.
00:02:57 IF YOU HAVE A MASTERS AND PH.
00:02:59 D., WE SAY, COME TO AMERICA.
00:03:01 BRING YOUR WIFE AND KID.
00:03:03 AUTOMATIC WORK PERMIT FOR SPOUSES, NO WAITING FOR STEM DEGREE HOLDERS.
00:03:06 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PH.
00:03:08 D. OR A MASTERS DEGREE WE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR WIFE'S ABILITY TO WORK LEGALLY.
00:03:12 WE MAY LET HER IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR -- MR.
00:03:16 CONYERS: I YIELD THE GENTLEMAN 30 SECONDS.
00:03:18 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30 SECONDS.
00:03:21 MR. GUTIERREZ: IT'S THEY SAID TO MY FATHER, NO DOCTOR BEFORE YOUR NAME, NO FANCY INITIALS, MR.
00:03:27 GUTIERREZ, AFTER YOUR NAME?
00:03:29 WELL, MR.
00:03:30 GUTIERREZ AND THE KIDS, STAY HOME.
00:03:32 YOU CAN'T WORK.
00:03:33 THERE WAS NO SPECIAL LINE FOR PH.
00:03:35 D.'S AND MASTER DEGREE HOLDERS ON ELLIS ISLAND.
00:03:39 THERE WAS NO ASTERISKS ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY THAT A HIGH I.
00:03:44 Q. IS THE STANDARD.
00:03:45 THEY ARE SAYING MY FATHER, AND I RESENT IT, MY FATHER WAS TOO STUPID TO MAKE IT BUT HE PUT TWO KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE AND ONE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:03:55 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
00:03:57 THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
00:03:58 MR. ISSA: MR.
00:03:59 SPEAKER, I MIGHT NOTE FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT IN FACT THERE ARE MORE THAN 12,000 AFRICAN STUDENTS STUDYING IN STEM FIELDS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND ALMOST 1,500 MY
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