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Game On: Rep.
Gutiérrez joins House Judiciary Committee to fight for
Immigration Reform
Washington, DC, Jan 7, 2013: Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL)
announced that
he will join the House Judiciary Committee, stepping
away from a plum post as the third ranking Democrat on the House
Financial Services Committee, so that he can fight for
immigration reform. As Rep. Gutiérrez stated, “passing
comprehensive immigration reform is my passion and my commitment
to my constituents and immigrants all across our country…I felt
I must be on the Judiciary Committee during this Congress to
help the others on the Committee get immigration reform to the
finish line.”
The following is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive
Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: “He’s the
immigration reform movement’s leader and champion, and we’re
heartened to see Rep. Gutiérrez put himself in a position to
join fellow immigration champions like Rep. Zoe Lofgren on the
House Judiciary Committee. On the heels of both
President
Obama’s and
Vice President
Biden’s pledges that immigration reform is a top
Obama Administration priority, and alongside
both parties’
political imperative to enact real reform, today’s
news is yet another sign that immigration reform is up in 2013.”
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