Speech #1040270401

He is not putting anything over on anybody. He is the one who promised us a middleclass tax cut. then raised taxes on gasoline and. of course. raised taxes dramatically on senior citizens. and also promised to end welfare as we know it. but then vetoed welfare reform bills that made their way through Congress. But he did promise California. to help us with this flood of immigration. The people of the State of California. and I think the people of the rest of this country. should understand what is happening in Washington today. Today the President of the United States is in negotiations with the Republican leadership. What is he demanding of us? What is he demanding of the Republicans who now control both Houses of Congress? The President who promised to help us stem this flood of illegal immigration that is destroying our schools and our health care. that same President is now threatening to close down the United States Government if the Republicans do not agree to gut the immigration reform bill that was recently passed in the House of Representatives with a substantial majority. Yes. we were told that we had to remove that provision that said illegal alien children cannot get free education. or the States. we had a provision that said the States should not be forced to provide education benefits for illegal alien children. The cry went up. "Oh. the poor children." Well. the fact is we should be caring more about our own children rather than millions of children coming from overseas. We took that provision out. however. We took it out of the immigration bill and they moved the goal post. Now the administration says we have got to take out a whole section. the guts. the real meaning. the heart and soul of our immigration reform bill in order for him to move. to agree with us and to cooperate with us to see that there is an omnibus spending bill that will keep government going. He is willing to cut off widows and veterans benefits. checks that go to the destitute in our country. the checks that are going to these programs that our people depend upon. he is willing to close all of that down to ensure that illegal aliens and immigrants who are getting benefits that they do not deserve. to make sure that they continue to drain away these resources. Whose side is he on? He is not on the side of the American people.