That I know. The question is: How are we going to identify those who are here illegally who are not entitled to representation in this body. especially at the expense of those taxpaying U.S. citizens who are going to be denied that representation? It is a zerosum game. a zerosum game. and as far as I am concerned. in light of that. we have to do everything we can to make sure it is the U.S. citizens who are represented here. and the only way that we can do that is to defeat the motion to rise. to support the Ridge amendment. and to try our best to come up with a way to identify these illegal aliens without denying them their rights. and that. folks. is going to be tough to do. I recognize that. By the same token. I hope that my friends understand that some of my citizens in Kansas are. in all probability. going to lose representation to illegal aliens who may be residing in the State of New York. and I appreciate my friends from New York vociferously defending the opportunity to increase their representation. The same is true of my friends from California or from Arizona perhaps or New Mexico. We are talking about political power here. and we are talking about whether U.S. citizens should have that power or whether illegal aliens should have that power. The question is whether we should make an extraordinary effort to identify the people involved. and I suggest to the Members that the least we should do is to make that extraordinary effort. The only way we can do that is to defeat the motion to rise and to support the Ridge amendment.
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