Political Quotes

“this is a very hard argument for me because I very much respect the Senator from Wyoming. He is my chairman on the committee. I do not think anyone in this body knows more about immigration. I doubt that he drafted the actual language in this bill. All I can say is our reading, and the reading of others of the bill itself, indicates to us that the way it is worded, it would in fact affect people in this country at this time. The Bureau of the Census has identified 121,000 spouses and children of U.S. citizens who came into this country between 1990 and 1994 who, for starters, would be most definitely affected by this bill. I mentioned earlier that I do not believe that anyone should come to the oath of being an American citizen and take that oath because they want welfare, whether it is cash or noncash. I would support any legislation to toughen the sponsorship requirements to provide for bona fide sponsorship. As a matter of fact, when the immigration bill is on the floor, I will offer an amendment to the bill which will provide that a sponsor must be responsible for health insurance for a person they are sponsoring to this country. So I fully believe that a sponsor should be responsible. Where I have the difficulty is in the creation of two classes of citizens, because once it starts, once the camel's nose is under the tent, it will not end.”