Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had to pause for a minute there. I was concerned that might be the Amnesty Act coming over from the United States Senate, but I'm relieved to know that it might be a few more days. Picking up where I left off, I had made the point and read into this Record, Mr. Speaker, the language that was used in the 1986 Amnesty Act is almost identical to the language that was copied and pasted into the 2006 Amnesty Act that they called ``comprehensive immigration reform'' because they knew the word ``amnesty'' would sink the bill then. Now they know that ``comprehensive immigration reform'' is code words for amnesty. The American people figured that out in short order. I will continue with the op-ed written by Attorney General Meese in 2006. He said, as I remarked: If this sounds familiar, it's because these are pretty much the same provisions that were included in the Comprehensive Reform Act of 2006, which its supporters claim is not amnesty. In the end, slight differences in process do not change the overriding fact that the 1986 law and the recent Senate legislation both include an amnesty. The difference is that President Reagan called it what it was. We had an honest man in the White House who called it what it was. I continue from Attorney General Meese: The lesson from the 1986 experience is that such an amnesty did not solve the problem. There was extensive document fraud; the number of people applying for amnesty far exceeded the projections.…”