And for no other reason than that I introduced an amendment which said American tax dollars should be used for the benefit of Americans. I resent this. I. too. am the daughter of immigrantslegal immigrants. My parents spent 35 days in crowded steerage of a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean to reach the country to which they had chosen to immigrate. I am proud to be their daughter. I heard the gentlewoman from Hawaii. and I was moved by her commentsbut I too have suffered because of my Serbian ancestry. To this day. I am attacked because of my heritage.
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