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On the recordMarch 8, 2024
Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to explain why the Senate should vote on my amendment to the funding bill and why the Democratic leader is wrong to hold up this process. This is a process that should already be concluded by now. It is simply because he wants to avoid voting on my amendment. My amendment is simple. It would require that the census determine basic population statistics--like the number of citizens, noncitizens, and illegal aliens who live in this country; you know, what the census is supposed to do--and it would require that only U.S. citizens be counted in determining the number of House seats and electoral votes that go to each State. That is pretty simple. That is pretty straightforward. That is how most Americans think things should work here in America. Unfortunately, illegal aliens are currently counted for the purposes of determining how many congressional seats and how many electoral votes a given State may obtain. The more illegal aliens, the more noncitizens in your State or your district, the greater your voting power in Congress and the greater your voting power in Presidential elections. This means that in a State like California--millions of illegal aliens result in California getting several more congressional seats, several more electoral college votes.…
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Bill Hagerty
Republican · Tennessee

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