I would like to extend my thanks to the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee. the Senator from Alaska. and the distinguished ranking member of that committee. the Senator from West Virginia. who have agreed to accept this amendment. I am very appreciative of that. I am speaking on behalf of 3.750 legal Immigrantslegal Immigrantsin my State who would face the loss of these SSI benefits but for the passage of this legislation. which I hope will be accepted in the House likewise. That group of 3.750 Rhode Island seniors. as the Senator from New York has described. fits in that typical pattern of 18 percent being over 85 and so forth. Mr.
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