John Chenoweth: “I just want to say that this, I can understand the emotional appeal of this argument, but the fact is that America has…”

“I just want to say that this, I can understand the emotional appeal of this argument, but the fact is that America has always had her borders open to those people who would be willing to work their trade, whether they are a corporation or not. A corporation can be two people. But being a corporation is not a bad thing in America. People who have come to this land have been encouraged to work and that is what we need to encourage them to do, Mr. Chairman. We need to encourage them to work their trade, whether their trade be running cattle or repairing shoes or being an accountant, whatever, that is part of reaching the American dream. I just do not believe that we should start cutting people out of their trade simply because they want a part of the American dream, they wanted to come to America and they wanted to work. The visionaries who wrote the Taylor Grazing Act, which all of us rely on so much, clearly state in that act, and this is existing law, that grazing permits shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or to those who have filed the necessary declarations of intention to become such as required by the naturalization laws and to groups, associations or corporations authorized to conduct business under the laws of the State in which the grazing district is located.”