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Sam Farr: “In the election next door, the gentleman from California, Mr. George Brown, he won with 17 more votes than the…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1997
In the election next door, the gentleman from California, Mr. George Brown, he won with 17 more votes than the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez, 17 more votes; the same type of mix of ethnic populations. Is anyone going after the voters in his district and suggesting that that election was a fraud? No. This is absolutely the first time in the history of this country, in this House, when they have used the powers of the INS, the Immigration Service, to go back and question people how they became legal citizens.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Discussing election integrity and the use of immigration authorities in questioning citizenship.

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