Pete Domenici: “I am firmly convinced--and I think the Senator from Wyoming is--that if the American people understood this problem they…”

“I am firmly convinced--and I think the Senator from Wyoming is--that if the American people understood this problem they would be on his side on this bill. I do not believe with the budget constraints--and having to look at the many programs affecting American citizens and immigrants who become citizens who are working and moving America ahead--that we have this kind of situation involved with reference to in the broadest sense our welfare programs. That does not mean in every single sense I agree with the Senator's approach in this bill. Maybe lunches for school kids may be an exception. It is a bit burdensome. But essentially we have to know what we are giving these people, and decide what we can afford. I think that is to be the prevailing test. And, frankly, we cannot afford a lot. We just cannot. We cannot take care of American citizens in this country.”