The gentleman from Florida finally addresses the point I was making, as opposed to a point I never made. What he is acknowledging, of course, is that this grandfathering, et cetera, that he is talking about, it is a substantial repeal of his bill. The bill he is so proud of did damage to the legal immigrants, and the budget agreement, and he is talking about it, is undoing some of what he did to the legal immigrants in the welfare bill.
Discussing the impact of a welfare bill on legal immigrants during a debate.
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