Dana Rohrabacher: “If I could mention, as we get into this illegal alien issue, which is one of the reasons I am here tonight and I am so…”

“If I could mention, as we get into this illegal alien issue, which is one of the reasons I am here tonight and I am so concerned, is that President Clinton has repeatedly promised the people of California that he would be helpful on that issue and that I am sorry to say tonight that what we see happening in Washington, DC today is that not only is the President not trying to help us on the illegal alien issue but the President is using all of his powers, all of the threats that he can make in terms of the legislative process and the Presidential involvement in it to try to prevent us from passing a meaningful immigration bill. It has reached the point today that during our negotiations, what President Clinton is doing is basically threatening to shut down the entire U.S. Government if we refuse to gut the immigration bill that passed with a substantial margin here in the House of Representatives.”