John Culberson: “Under current law, if I enter the United States legally, I must have a sponsor who signs an oath ``I confirm and I will…”

“Under current law, if I enter the United States legally, I must have a sponsor who signs an oath ``I confirm and I will pay for this new, this person entering the United States legally. I will make sure they don't become a burden on taxpayers.'' That requirement is repealed. When you look at the cost of this legislation to future generations, it's a staggering bill to pass on to our kids. It's an unaffordable burden to add to our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren's obligation. For the sake of a sound-bite, for the sake of a cheap election slogan, you're passing on an unaffordable burden to our kids when we as fiduciaries, as trustees of the public Treasury, of the public dollar at a time of all these bailouts, the repeated bailouts of Wall Street, of rewarding bad behavior, something that the fiscal conservatives in the Congress have fought, you're now adding to the problem by repealing the citizenship verification requirement. You're repealing the 5-year waiting period. You're allowing States to provide health care coverage to people up to 400 percent of poverty. It's unaffordable. It's unacceptable. It's a dangerous trend. And I hope all of us vote against it.”