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On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
I thank the gentlemen from Georgia and from California for coming in to weigh in on this. We are here at a time when we have got to reestablish the rule of law, and we have got to shut off the bleeding at the border, and we have got to shut off the jobs magnet. This bill, the New IDEA Act, does shut down, if not completely off, the jobs magnet. And New IDEA stands for the New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act. Madam Speaker, we often say here there are no new ideas here in Congress, that it's just recycled old ideas. Well, this was kind of an audacious move to declare it to be the New IDEA Act, but it defines what goes on. The New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act, right now, we have not eliminated illegal deductions. Instead, we have the IRS that's not calling the shots on this. It's letting the deductions come, so people can hire illegals with impunity. It really is against the law to deduct wages to illegals, but they are not enforcing it. Another piece that this law does is it requires the IRS and the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security to set up a cooperative arrangement.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa
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Sep 22, 2010

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The speaker discusses the New IDEA Act aimed at addressing illegal deductions and employment of undocumented workers.

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