Mr. Speaker. the House version of the tax bill. or socalled deficit reduction bill. includes $300 million in Medicaid funds for additional health benefits to illegal aliens. In the 6 months I have served in this body. I have seen some bad legislation. But the proposal to spend $300 million more of taxpayers hardearned dollars to pay the health care costs of illegal aliens takes the cake. I hope those Members who are opposed to spending Federal dollars on illegal aliens will use their influence to encourage the House conferees to strip this $300 million boondoggle from the budget proposal. The time has come for this body to take responsibility for how it spends the hardearned dollars of American taxpayers. Mr. Speaker. we do not know for sure how many illegal aliens are residing in this country today. but the number is estimated to be at least 5 million. This number is increasing daily. and according to one study the cost of supporting these illegal aliens is at least $7 billion annually. During the July recess. I had meetings with over 150 business and civic leaders from my district. Their message was to cut benefits for illegal aliens and defeat the Clinton tax plan.
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