[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEDIA COVERAGE OF DREAM ACT SHOWS BIAS

  (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, it is hard to imagine a worse 
example of media bias than the national coverage of the so-called DREAM 
Act. Seldom were the facts given to the American people.
  The national media said it applied to ``65,000 youngsters.'' The 
legislation actually would give amnesty to at least 1 million to 2 
million illegal immigrants up to the age of 30. And no one in the 
national media mentioned that no hearings had been held on the bill and 
no committee had approved it.
  The DREAM Act would mean fewer jobs for American workers, and the 
Congressional Budget Office said it would cost taxpayers billions of 
dollars. But you won't hear that from the national media.
  Even if the national media won't, Congress should put the interests 
of American workers and taxpayers first. That's what the last election 
was all about.

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