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Steve King: “But I will tell you that, if a bill is voted on over in the Senate that has guest worker, temporary worker, it will be…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2006
But I will tell you that, if a bill is voted on over in the Senate that has guest worker, temporary worker, it will be amnesty. And anybody that votes for an amnesty bill deserves to be branded with a scarlet letter A for amnesty. And they need to pay for it in the vote -- in the ballot box in November.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Rep. Steve King warns that any bill allowing guest workers will be considered amnesty and will have electoral consequences.

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