[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1175]
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  SA 2028. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to 
unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States states, ``All persons born or naturalized in 
     the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, 
     are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein 
     they reside.''.
       (2) Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the 
     United States has been engaged in a long struggle to live up 
     to its promise: that all people are equal under law.
       (3) As a national community, the people of the United 
     States have to confront the hard truth that the United States 
     sometimes fall short of that idea, and that the United States 
     has not always kept that promise.
       (4) Though the United States has been humbled by past 
     failures, the Nation's character will be measured by the 
     strength of its continually renewed commitment to the 
     fundamental national values of equality and dignity before 
     the law.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) it would be a gross violation of the spirit of the 
     Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     and to the national values of the United States for this or 
     any future Congress to adopt any interpretation that some 
     individuals who are born on United States soil are less 
     deserving than others of the privileges of United States 
     citizenship and the equal protection of the laws of the 
     United States;
       (2) the United States must protect, preserve, and honor the 
     longstanding legal principle of birthright citizenship;
       (3) the tradition of birthright citizenship is rooted in 
     the ancient international legal principle of jus soli; and
       (4) honoring citizenship by birth reflects the heritage of 
     the United States as a country of immigrants, who choose to 
     adopt the United States as their homeland, and whose diverse 
     cultures and experiences are woven into the tapestry of the 
     Nation's history.
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