Speech #1050119764

I will support It. But let us not do It. arlittrarily. because for some reason we t not want to got into opening up tle bill. and then we arc going to hurt people from only 2 countries. from Portugal and Greece. Two of out Nations proudest Immigrant populations come from both Portugal and Greece. They have done so much to not only settle the United States of America. but make phenomenal eontrlhutions to out culture. We walk this very Capitol Building and see how many Greek and Portuguese immigrants are up oil our walls. This democracy Is founded upon the Greek democracy. and for us to be breaking that tie and saying we are going frmn 3 perceni. Lo 2 percent. so therefore. we are going to make every Greek imnllgrant. go through some massive bureaucracy Is a ridiculous point of bureaucratic nonsense that I cannot believe that the gentleman from Texas. who is as clearthinking and as forwardthinking as he is. would possibly oppose this amendment. Because I know that. he fundamentally has alreatly aitd. as I heard him In my office. he said ttat In fad. he agrees that this bill should he stipulated to deal with the overstay Issue. and he recognizes that the gentleman from Rhode Island and the gentleman from California . their aomndment only deals with Lhls Issue because It has to do with the visa denial rate. There is a hugo differtnce between a visa denial rate and a visa overstay. ILet. us deal with the issue. I would just hope that the gentleman from Texas (Mr.