[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 96 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE WAYWARD REID-KENNEDY SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, some have asked why the House will 
be holding hearings around our country about illegal immigration. Well, 
the concise reason is the out-of-touch Reid-Kennedy Senate bill.
  The Senate passed legislation that clearly flies in the face of 
common sense. The American people don't want amnesty. The Reid-Kennedy 
Bill includes it. The American people don't want to provide Social 
Security benefits to illegal aliens. The Reid-Kennedy bill includes it.
  The Senate voted to give illegals things that American citizens, 
legal American citizens, don't get, like in-state college tuition for 
all.
  This makes no sense. It is unacceptable and it is unbelievable and it 
is just plain wrong.
  The American people are fed up with this reckless attitude and poor 
policy. Acceptance of the Senate plan is something for which the House 
will not stand; and once the American people know about it, through our 
hearings, they won't stand for it either. Then the American people will 
speak with such passion and vehemence and clarity that the House and 
Senate may act together and do the right thing first, control our 
borders and enforce current law.

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