Mr. Speaker. I believe that States should be able to decide whether taxpayer dollars should be spent on public schooling of illegal aliens. That is why I supported the Gallegly amendment when the House passed the immigration reform bill earlier this year. That amendment was adopted by more than a 60 percent margin in the House. If the same support level existed in the other body. we could send a final immigration reform bill to the White House. with the Gallegly amendment intact. Regrettably. that seems not to be the case. A filibuster was threatened against any immigration bill including the Gallegly provision. and reportedly there arent enough votes to shut it off. That means that getting immigration reform in this Congress requires us to relinquish the Gallegly restriction in the HouseSenate conference report. Thus. I shall vote for the conference report.
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