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Jasper Packard: I have brought this bill to the House floor in response to a loophole... This is something that I think all Americans…

On the recordJuly 8, 1997
I have brought this bill to the House floor in response to a loophole... This is something that I think all Americans, and certainly, to my knowledge, all Members of Congress feel that this ought to be corrected.
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Jasper Packard
Republican · Indiana

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Addressing a loophole in immigration and welfare reform related to taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens.

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