Speech #1030117712

Eightyone percent of Southern blacks and 79 percent of Southern whites favor a work requirement for welfare. including for women with young children. About 78 percent of all Americans believe in voluntary school prayer. and believe that beginning the day with a voluntary prayer is a good thing. not a bad thing. When you go through item after item after item. the number of Americans who believe that we should adopt much tougher laws on illegal aliens. that we should stem the tide of illegal immigration. an effort which in the House has been led by Republicans such as Congressman ELTON GALLEGLY of California and Congressman LAMAR SMITH of Texas. Congressman HENRY BONILLA of Texas. and Congressman BILL MCCOLLUM of Florida. overwhelmingly Americans believe. Americans of all backgrounds. including first generation immigrants believe that while we should defend unprotected rights of legal immigration. we should be much sterner and much tougher toward illegal aliens. and we should be effective in protecting this countrys border from illegal immigration. Again and again we find this 75 percent. 78 percent. 80 percent. 82 percent majority that consistently has a broad sense of values that would make sense. and that I regard as the center of American policy. In that framework. if the President emphasized the -new Democrat" part of his administration. if he emphasized the reinventing part of his administration. if he emphasized the part that emphasizes change.