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Dana Rohrabacher: this fund of a billion dollars that was created that we now have to put some controls on, and that is what 3722 is…

On the recordMay 17, 2004
this fund of a billion dollars that was created that we now have to put some controls on, and that is what 3722 is trying to do, creates a perverse incentive. If we let this go through as it stands, what is going to happen is this: people who come to the emergency rooms who are American citizens or legal residents who have no insurance will be put behind and at the end of the line and the illegal immigrants will be put to the front of the line because the Federal Government is picking up the tab. This is a perverse priority. We should be taking care of our own citizens before we take care of illegal aliens.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Discussing the implications of a billion-dollar fund related to healthcare access for citizens and illegal immigrants.

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