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On the recordAugust 1, 2014
You may call this amnesty. I call it a hope for our country. You can call it conservative. I call it wasteful. It wastes talent that this Nation needs. We need to reject this mean-spirited legislation that would deny rights to these young ,people who are already contributing to our country and can give it so much more. We can't afford this wasteful bill. I urge its rejection.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Aug 1, 2014

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