[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. BILBRAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, ``The reforms I am proposing will not apply 
to those who are here illegally.'' These words were spoken by the 
President on September 9 right at this podium. He pointed out that he 
was proposing to insure 30 million, not the 47 million that we hear 
today.
  Was the difference between the two the fact that the President 
committed not to provide benefits to illegals in this country?
  The sad fact about the situation is that the proposal that Pelosi has 
given us is one that does not guarantee to the American people that 
those illegally in the country will get benefits in this country even 
though they are violating our law. Why has Pelosi abandoned the 
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, the SAVE Act, 
is because she wants to include that 17 million that are here 
illegally.
  The commitment the President has made at this podium should be kept 
by this House, both sides of the aisle. So stand by the SAVE Act. It is 
a system that works. It is functional. It has been the standard. Why 
abandon it now?

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