[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          JOE WILSON WAS RIGHT

  (Mr. BILBRAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, the reports are in and, sadly, not only 
does this health care scheme cost the American people more than it 
provides and increases the cost of health care, but at the same time, 
it exempts anyone illegally in this country from having to be taxed or 
to buy insurance. Everyone else who is legal in the country is required 
to buy the insurance or be taxed. So illegal immigrants are now exempt 
from the responsibility; but because the majority refused to put in the 
E-verification, the SERVE verification to make sure that illegals don't 
get into the benefit package, we have created a situation where 
illegals now are not required to pay, but they are guaranteed, because 
of a lack of verification, that they have access to the system.
  Sadly, Mr. Speaker, the fact is Joe Wilson was right: illegals do 
have access into a system that the President and Congress promised the 
American people would not be available.

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