Congress Must Now Focus on Commonsense Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013. After Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) reached an agreement to end the government shutdown and extend the debt ceiling, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement:
“While the deal announced today is a short-term fix to a crisis manufactured by the far right wing of the Republican Party, it should not be the end of the debate over our fiscal priorities. The devastating cuts under the sequester remain in effect and Congress in the coming months should restore funding to vital services that millions of Americans depend on and make new investments to get our economy moving again.
“Fortunately, today’s deal does not significantly impact the Affordable Care Act. Majority Leader Reid, Leader Pelosi, Democrats and reasonable Republicans deserve credit for not allowing far right extremists to undercut a law that will expand healthcare coverage to millions of Americans.
“Once this phony crisis is behind us, Congress must focus its energy on passing commonsense immigration reform. The Senate has done its job by passing a bipartisan bill, now it is time for the House to follow suit and bring an immigration reform bill with a pathway to citizenship to the floor for a vote. Americans are waiting on Speaker Boehner to take action and there is no excuse for further delay – the time is now.”
Source: seiu.org
