Mr. Speaker. In 94 days the new welfare law will rip apart the social safety net for hundreds of thousands of elderly. disabled. and vulnerable legal immigrants. lut today. consider one such immigrant. just one. a woman in my district In Chleago. Sophia is a 91yearold Polish immigrant. She Is In poor health and has little means of support besides her supplcmentsi Social Security. During World War II. Sophia. then still in P0land. hid as many as a dozen Jews in her home. saved them from certain death at the hands of the Nazis. Because of her compassion and courage.
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