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first, I think it is fair to say this fight is not about money. It is about implementing an effort by some Members of the other party to eliminate the Legal Services program. My friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas] says ``If…
I was wondering if the gentleman could tell me, other than the hortatory language in a budget resolution, which does not appropriate funds and which is not authorizing legislation, what agreement is the gentleman talking about that we…
Finally, I note that the definition of ``investment'' set forth in section 14(9) states, ``The term `investment' does not include the entry into, performance, or financing of a contract to sell or purchase goods, services, or technology.''…
The bill does not affect exports to Iran. The bill affects and imposes sanctions on companies which invest in Iran, which meet the threshold of investment in Iran, and just in Iran's energy sector. It is a targeted bill focused on trying…
my comments were directed to what happened in the State of Punjab, which is the area of India which the gentleman addressed his initial comments to when he spoke. There is no doubt the Indian Elections Commission has affirmed that there…
my friend from New York claims this is not political. Forty-five minutes ago he, under the direction of his leadership, with the passionate support of his Republican members of the Committee on International Relations egging him on, pushed…
I would like to respond simply by pointing out two things. One, I think in retrospect that that was a mistake. Second, the gentleman knows full well, because he has told me on many occasions, he does not agree with the decision to abolish…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in urging my colleagues to vote to sustain the President's veto of H.R. 1561. This is the third vote we have had on this bill. Last June, 192 Democrats voted against H.R. 1561. More recently in March, only nine…
What do you do? All right, you have made a recruitment, you do not think you have workers available, it has been certified by the Government. As you are approaching your harvest season, 150 U.S. workers coming from the earlier crop show…
I would just say, we have had this conversation. I am for trying to streamline and deal with the problems and the impediments that exist in the existing H-2A program. The administration is committed to doing that. There would be ample…
The gentleman cuts off the growers' obligation to recruit U.S. workers 20 days before the season even begins. By eliminating the obligation to hire U.S. workers 20 days before the start of the growing season, and we do not need to be doing…
the arguments we just heard in this Chamber are the same arguments that were given to justify slavery before the Civil War. If we could find American, or in that case, free people, to do the work, we would not need to rely on slaves. Let…
Mr. Chairman, Abe Lincoln used to say calling a tail a leg does not make it one. No matter how many times you cite 21 percent of legal immigrants on welfare, it is wrong. Saying it a lot of times does not make it true. The Urban Institute…
Our real difference is you say 17,000 guest workers, half a million illegal immigrants working in our fields. Got to do something. I say we legalized 1.1 million agricultural workers in 1986. We have double-digit unemployment in almost…
we have a guest worker program. It is now called the H-2A program, it used to be called the H-2 program. It has certain conditions. This year, 17,000 agricultural workers came in under those requirements. The difference between 17,000 and…
if we had a verification system in this bill that went into effect immediately, I think the gentleman's request would be incredibly reasonable. We have the most voluntary and ephemeral verification system left in this bill now. Do we think…
One cannot say to people, you cannot bring your mother, you cannot bring your father, you have to speak English, you cannot come, we do not want you, get the dickens out of this country, but if you come to work temporarily when we can…
But the notion that undocumented aliens, illegal aliens, are not here in this country working, is a fiction, because employer sanctions in their present state without verification is a fiction. So the notion that everyone who is here…
I see a potential for a problem in this in that we certainly do not want to discourage victims of violent crimes or robberies or burglaries from reporting their conduct to the police. I am a little concerned, if this were fully…
It does. It is substantially less than that. That would be an average of 1 million people a year. In 1991 it was under the old law, it was less. The new law, which went into effect in 1992, the average was 800,000. That is barely over 3…
First, Mr. Chairman, I want to say both to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Smith], chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration, and to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bryant], the ranking Democrat, that we do have some strong differences on…
The gentleman is correct in that this bill does not deal with a number of the foreign aid issues. But where the gentleman is wrong is this was an opportunity to get rid of the harsh and unfair restrictions on the existing program.
I rise to oppose this bill. I do this reluctantly. There is much in this legislation that I support and have supported in the past. I am not, for example, opposed to codifying the embargo on Cuba. There is no doubt that Castro is a…
the conference report appropriately includes a strong, independent role for the Justice Department in evaluating applications by RBOC's to provide long distance service. The FCC must consult with the Attorney General in determining whether…
The law allows a case-by-case waiver anytime we want to give an advantage to our exporter over a competitive exporter from another country that perhaps is being subsidized by that country. The Department of Defense has the authority right…
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