[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 96 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   LONE STAR VOICE: CHARLES HAMILTON

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, Americans pay millions a year of their money in 
health care costs for illegals. Now it is time for those renegade 
businesses that hire illegals and the Mexican Government to pay.
  Charles Hamilton of Spring, Texas, writes me: ``Texas taxpayers 
should not be made to pay the brunt for the high concentration of 
illegals here that the Feds won't stop from coming into our country. It 
might be an incentive for employers not to hire illegals if a tax was 
levied on each illegal hired. Employee rosters showing names and Social 
Security numbers should be checked for each company each year. 
Companies with illegals would pay a tax to cover the illegals' hospital 
costs.''
  Mr. Speaker, Dallas County, Texas wants to bill or even sue Mexico 
for the hospital costs of illegals. But get this: The Mexican consulate 
arrogantly says, ``You can't do that, it is illegal.''
  Mr. Speaker, the coconspirators of businesses that exploit illegals 
and the Mexican Government that encourages illegal entry need to pay 
for this health care. It is morally wrong to expect American citizens 
and legal immigrants to pay.
  And that's just the way it is.

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