Mr. President. I think this question precisely underscores why I have offered this series of strikes. We spent a weekplus on this floor in April and May debating a comprehensive immigration bill. We came to a studied judgment as to how. for whom. for what time period benefits for legal aliens should be constrained. We came to a judgment that said over the next 7 years the restraint should have a dollar figure of $5.6 billion. Tonight we are debating a provision that purports to reduce the benefits of legal aliens by $23 billion. four times more than what we had purported to do just a few weeks ago.
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