This amendment which unconstitutionally denies legal permanent residents the protection of the first amendment right of free speech and which will cause a discriminatory and insulting effect on the rights of U.S. citizens who are ethnic minorities must be rejected.
Final plea to reject the amendment based on constitutional grounds.
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Any class of citizens having to prove their citizenship in order to exercise their basic first amendment right is an insult to all U.S. citizens.
What I know is bad enough. It includes an across-the-board cut of 0.97%, and it undermines the Administration's class-size reduction initiative.
The bill must originate in the House of Representatives. We must be given the opportunity to debate and amend this measure.
Today we are considering the conference report on the so-called Labor-HHS FY2000 appropriation measure, even though this measure has not even been voted on by the House.
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