david valadao authors new bill hanford sentinel

David has a strong record on every other issue important to residents of the Valley. “Paul Ryan is going to stop immigration from coming up the way he can stop the sun from rising,” Becerra said. Commentary: Congressman David Valadao has a strong record on water. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) said he doesn’t expect Republicans to be able to keep changes to the country’s immigration system from happening. “Clearly we are disappointed, because he has been an advocate in the past - not just because it’s the right immigration policy but, from the tax side, he understands what a benefit to the community comprehensive immigration reform would be,” said Sanchez, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chairwoman. Linda Sanchez (D-Whittier) said she initially thought reform would be more likely under Ryan’s leadership. But “we’re obviously going to continue to work … and hope to get something done, at least some common sense stuff.”Ĭalifornia House Democrats also were upset by the news that Ryan doesn’t plan to act on immigration without support from a majority of Republicans. “Do I expect a full bill? No, there’s not a lot of trust between the conference and the president, and so that puts us in a bad position,” he said. Valadao, whose district is 71% Latino, said Ryan’s commitment to the House Caucus also isn’t going to stop him from trying to change the country’s immigration system. “I am confident that we have a majority of the majority on the ENLIST Act, and I’m going to push forward,” he said. In fact, the Caucus has asked Ryan for a rule change that would make it harder for committee chairmen to keep legislation they don’t like from making to a floor vote if it is supported by the majority of Republicans.ĭenham’s ENLIST Act - which would allow people brought to the United States illegally as children before 2011 to become lawful alien residents if they complete a term of military service - has been sitting in the Armed Services Committee since April. “Well, by that very example, then, issues of immigration should be able to come up as well,” he said. David Valadao, R-Hanford, has introduced four bills to the House, including the Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017. They have “done a good job of talking about regular order and following the rules,” said Denham, who was among the 14 California House Republicans who supported Ryan. “I think it would be ridiculous to try to attempt immigration reform with a president we simply cannot trust, so I don’t think that that’s in the cards for this Congress - outside of things that we do agree on, like border and interior enforcement,” Ryan said.ĭenham said that he doesn’t expect the Freedom Caucus will be able to block immigration policy changes in perpetuity, especially if they abide by the Hastert policy.

David valadao authors new bill hanford sentinel