I would like to point out to the gentleman from Texas that it is not just my testimony. I am a member of the Committee on Appropriations. and let me tell the gentleman what the Secretary of Labor told the committee. I asked the Secretary of Labor in one of the committee meetings: "What is the magnitude of the problem with regard to employers exploiting illegal alien workers through noncompliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act?" His answer: "The result of the STEP program strongly suggests that there is a widespread employment of illegal aliens at less than legal wages." This is the testimony of the Secretary of Labor who tells the committee that these people are working for less than legal wages. The gentleman from Texas is correct. What we are trying to do is to provide sanctions. but for those that violate existing law. that those who violate particularly the Fair Labor Standards Act. that is all we are trying to do and I think it is a reasonable approach.
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