If the gentleman from Pennsylvania would yield on one more point related to. again. the provisions in our package dealing with alien welfare eligibility. I should also point out that we had considerable discussion and even some controversy within the ranks of House Republicans as to whether to deny legal aliens federally subsidized or Federal taxpayerpaid welfare benefits. And what we decided to do. and the proposal that will be before the House tomorrow open for amendment allows legal aliens to draw certain limited welfare benefits. but only if they have served honorably in the U.S. military. that is to say. they are an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. military. or they are a naturalized citizen. and they have begun again the process of obtaining American citizenship. I wanted to point out we do make a distinction between legal aliens who fit one or the other of those criteria and those again who break the law by entering our country illegally and who have put a tremendous drain on the Treasury of border States and. in the broadest sense. the Treasury of the Federal Government through again these waves of illegal immigration that have been invading our shores.
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