Mr. Chairman. having just seen this amendment for the first time today. there are questions that are raised. I understand what the intent is. and perhaps if this passes we can clarify this in a conference committee. but I wonder about the liabilities of the banking industry that acts innocently to help immigrants transmit funds home. The banks in California have been encouraged to regularize the remittance program. We talk sometimes about illegal immigration. and that is not anything that any of us approve of. but it is not the same as terrorism. and it is also not the same as those immigrants. It is also a financial services industry. I do wish we could have heard from the financial services industry on this point because certainly it deserves some clarification.
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