For Immediate Release: Contact: Pili TobarMay 12th, 2015 305-890-3076Rep. Gallego Urges Speaker Boehner and House Rules Committee Chairman to Allow Open Debate of Military DREAMers Amendment to the NDAAWashington, DC Today Congressman Ruben Gallego sent a letter to Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner and to the Chairman of the House Rules Committee Pete Sessions urging them to allow an open debate on the House floor of the amendment Enable DREAMers to Serve in Uniform.The amendment, which passed in the House Armed Services Committee with a bipartisan majority, expresses that It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense should review the United States Code in order to determine the possibility of allowing DACA recipients into our Armed Forces. This week the House of Representatives will debate and vote on the National Defense Authorization Act which contains the Enable DREAMers to Serve in Uniform amendment. However, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and 24 Republicans sent a letter to the House Rules Committee asking them to strike the amendment before the NDAA reaches the floor this week. Congressman Ruben Gallego released the following statement:It would be contrary to the spirit of the rules of the House for the House Rules Committee to strike this amendment behind closed doors, denying an open debate and vote on an amendment that passed with a bipartisan majority in the House Armed Services Committee.This is not how Congress operates and it would be inappropriate for the House Rules Committee to overrule the will of a bipartisan majority of the committee of jurisdiction. The only reason why the House Rules Committee would strike the amendment in these back room dealings is a purely political one to appease the fringe of the GOP and to try to control the deep divisions within their own party. The House Armed Services Committee has a reputation of doing whats in the best interest of our country regardless of political affiliations; Republican leadership and the House Rules Committee must respect the will of the Committee and allow an open debate and vote in order to strike the amendment from NDAA.