Pelosi Statement on House GOP Blocking Vote on Bipartisan DREAM Act

September 6, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after 233 House Republicans voted against Democrats' motion to bring the bipartisan DREAM Act to the floor for an immediate vote:

"Today, House Republicans blocked the immediate consideration of the bipartisan DREAM Act and signed their names to President Trump's cowardly assault on innocent DREAMers across America. DACA recipients had the courage and patriotism to step out of the shadows, but House Republicans don't have the courage or decency to hold an up or down vote on the DREAM Act.

"Each day that the Republican Congress refuses to bring the DREAM Act to a vote is a day Republicans push the DREAMers closer to deportation. Our American values, our faith, and our basic human decency demand that we prevent the senseless deportation of hundreds of thousands of patriotic young people. Democrats will fight relentlessly for immediate action to pass the DREAM Act and halt President Trump's cruelty."