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TJ Cox: “I just wanted to briefly ask the gentleman from Texas a question. That is, having listened to the comments of the…”

On the recordMarch 21, 1996
I just wanted to briefly ask the gentleman from Texas a question. That is, having listened to the comments of the gentleman from California [Mr. Dooley], with which I generally agree, that is, that kind immigration and illegal immigration are rather separate subjects and for various purposes deserve to be discussed separately. It is the case that this amendment merely splits the two so that they can be discussed separately, or is it rather the case that the effect of the amendment would be to strike out all of the parts of the bill for good that deal with legal immigration?
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TJ Cox
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Questioning the implications of an amendment related to immigration policy.

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