It is an openended authorization and clearly would bind us in ways that we do not want to be bound at this time. Finally. Mr. President. as I said. these expenses are almost never unfunded mandates. They are expenses for a failure to perform. That is the reason why this entire amendment really has no place in this unfunded mandates legislation. I will strongly support the Senator from California in her efforts to get the Federal Government to reimburse the States and local governments for expenses attendant to the problem of illegal immigration. I want to do that. But obviously this legislation is not the place to do it.
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