On the recordSeptember 26, 1996
I would like to say the majority of this hour is going to be given to my friends from California, who have a lot to tell my colleagues about, and people of this country, regarding immigration reform. Immigration reform is absolutely essential. We have so many illegal aliens coming into the country, costing this country so much money, and we have passed a bill and the President said he would veto it, keep us here, shut down the government if it passed and was put on his desk, rather than sign it into law. First of all, we are not running away from the promises that we made to the American people. We kept those promises. Seven of the 10 things we promised in the Contract With America passed both houses and went to the President. Four of them became law. Nine of them passed this body, and we acted upon all 106 of them in the first 90 days of this session of Congress.
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