Political Quotes

“it is my pleasure to rise and speak in opposition to this amendment. Even though I am a colleague of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Chabot], who is a sponsor of it, I disagree with him on this one. I have concern about some of the arguments that have been made about the Government approval, and how they are going to make mistakes, and how we are asking employers to do all these things. In reality, we all know that the I-9 process already exists out there that the employers must use with potential employees. But right now we put these employers in a catch box. As my colleagues know, if they ask too many questions of a potential applicant for a job, they question the documents as to whether they are counterfeit, they can be sued by these applicants. But on the other hand, if they do not ask enough questions and they hire an illegal, then the INS can come in and fine them. So we are putting these employers in difficult situations, which this process, by use of the 1-800 number on a voluntary basis, will help alleviate. It will be a defense to those employers, and again it is a voluntary situation, using existing data, the Social Security number, which is used on income tax forms already by the Government in so many ways. I think it is a reasonable provision within the bill, and I hope this amendment goes to defeat. I urge my colleagues to vote against it.”