[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 49 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE ADMINISTRATION ISN'T PROTECTING AMERICANS' JOBS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 2006, Senator Obama told his 
colleagues, ``We need an electronic verification system that can 
significantly reduce the employment of illegal workers, and give 
employers the confidence that their workforce is legal.''
  E-Verify is the voluntary Federal program that does just that by 
allowing employers to check the employment eligibility of their newly 
hired employees. Yet the Democrats have blocked every single attempt 
made so far this year to enact a long-term extension of E-Verify.
  Instead of protecting jobs for U.S. citizens and legal workers, 
President Obama signed a bill that will provide 300,000 jobs to illegal 
immigrants in just the construction industry alone.
  With 12 million Americans out of work, we should save jobs for 
American workers and legal immigrants, not give jobs to illegal 
workers.

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