the first thing is to set the principle and then let us get the numbers, and then let us try to find the enforcement mechanism.

I do not address the House today to make the obvious comparisons between Whitewater and Watergate. I think it would be wrong for me to continue on this vein, because many other people have spoken about that today, and continue to speak…

I believe that no matter what happens in the votes on this floor, the people of the United States understand we have a problem when we are providing a benefit level to illegal aliens to such a degree that it is attracting people from all…

the amendment which would have required the schools to count the number of illegal aliens at no time suggested that those schools turn any name of anyone over to any Federal authority. It is understood the amendment, of course, was a…

The purpose of my amendment is to eliminate the Federal mandate on the State and the local government, a mandate that today costs the taxpayers of this country billions of dollars in order to provide benefits for people who may not have…

the requirement, or the mandate, that local school districts provide education for illegal aliens just as they provide education for legal residents and U.S. citizens was dictated by Pyler versus Doe. However a reading of Pyler versus Doe…

Let the word go forth from this Congress to anyone in the world who wants to improve the life of their children if they can make it across the borders of the United States legally or illegally. The Members on that side of the aisle who are…

we are talking about teaching methods here. I do appreciate the tenor of the debate we have had so far. As my colleague from California has just suggested, we are not only talking about teaching methods, we are talking about a particular…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment, which will do two things which Members of this Chamber have been claiming they wanted to do for a long time. First, it will save the Federal Government a quarter of a billion dollars every…

your position is basically that the Federal Government, by coming in to the local schools to protect students' right to pray, is something that the Federal Government should be responsible for, protecting the constitutional rights of…

the gentleman is saying the Federal Government should have a role in protecting the constitutional rights of freedom of religion of the students of this country?

what is it that leaves the gentleman, the gentleman said that this proposal is leading to officially, an official prayer, something, officially-sanctioned prayer, what leads the gentleman to the conclusion that someone who has stated over…

The gentleman is saying our friend's amendment actually guts your intention of having the Federal Government protect this constitutional right and make that one of its responsibilities?

we are witnessing a historic realignment between nations and peoples. Old empires are withering away, and new centers of prosperity are emerging. These extraordinary changes will not, however, result in a future of increased freedom for…

my amendment is simple, straightforward, and it ought to be noncontroversial. It simply requires schools receiving funding under title I of ESEA to count their students who are in this country illegally or those who have parents who are in…

I think it is important for us to describe to the people who are watching and listening to this debate exactly what has happened in the debate so far. There was an attempt to authorize the funds, which I would say would be a minimal cost…

I would congratulate the gentleman for underscoring a point that needs to be made, and that is this is not an issue of race. This is an issue of economics and legality. I have had a great outpouring of support from Americans of Mexican…

Let the American people who are watching this debate fully understand exactly what maneuvers are going on here. An attempt is being made to authorize money. The cochairman of the Unfunded Mandates Caucus, and I am a founding member of the…

I am sorry that every time we discuss this we have to be basically called a bunch of names and implied we are the same as the Nazis and everything like that. The American people have a good spirit, and they are very generous people. They…

this whole question about cost is obviously a maneuver in order to defeat the purpose of the bill, rather than what I consider to be a substantial argument.

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…