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Tom Tancredo: “Mr. Speaker, when will we get the courage to attack the root of this problem or even discuss the root of this problem?…”

On the recordJune 13, 2001
Mr. Speaker, when will we get the courage to attack the root of this problem or even discuss the root of this problem? The problem in California and many places around this Nation is a massive population increase caused by massive immigration, both legal and illegal. It is the numbers, Mr. Speaker. That is what drives everything. That is what drives the demand for all the resources we are now running out of, and it is something we must come to grips with as a Nation. The numbers, Mr. Speaker, more than anything else, that is the reason we are going to be facing these kinds of dilemmas over and over and over again, starting in California; but believe me, that is just the beginning. It is the numbers. We have to do something about reducing massive immigration into this country.
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Tom Tancredo
Colorado
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Addressing the energy crisis and its connection to immigration during a House floor speech.

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