Political Quotes

“I rise to applaud the action of the Appropriations Committee in adopting section 602 of this bill. For the first time in history, an appropriations bill differentiates between the aid available to citizens and legal residents on the one hand, and illegal aliens on the other. This is a major step forward, and a vindication for those of us who have been working for years under severe personal attack to exclude illegal aliens from tax-paid benefits. Ultimately, the principle needs to be that we will help everyone with their immediate needs in the wake of a disaster, but then those who are here illegally will be sent home. That is eventually a principle we should adopt, but under this bill I am certain that the authors of the compromise, the gentleman from California [Mr. Dixon] and the gentleman from California [Mr. Packard] agree with me, that under this bill, that with certain specified exemptions aimed at short-term emergency needs, illegal aliens will be excluded from long-term disaster assistance.”