Posted on 12/07/2004 6:01:34 PM PST by nanak
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) expressed disappointment with the conference report on the intelligence bill after negotiators on the bill stripped key border security provisions approved by the House of Representatives in October from the bill. Tancredo had been a leader in the effort to retain the provisions – recommended by the 9/11 Commission – executing a parliamentary maneuver prior to the Thanksgiving recess temporarily thwarting efforts to remove them.
“Senate negotiators are today the ‘Grinches that stole America’s security’,” said Tancredo, “But make no mistake, the American people will know which of their Representatives were naughty, and which ones were nice.”
“Today this congress overwhelmingly approved an empty shell of a bill that will provide far more fodder for politicians’ press releases than it will security for the public,” said Tancredo, “It creates the illusion of security, which in some ways is more dangerous than doing nothing at all.”
But Tancredo and other House Conservatives did score one victory as a result of their efforts to retain the provisions by exacting a promise from the White House to address border security early next year.
Despite the Senate’s decision to strip from the conference report sections prohibiting illegal aliens from obtaining Driver’s Licenses and prevent the abuse of asylum laws, President Bush signaled his commitment to work with Congress to enact such a prohibition next year. In a letter to Congress last night, Bush wrote, “I look forward to working with the Congress early in the next session to address [border security] issues, including improving our asylum laws and standards for issuing driver's licenses.”
“While I am disappointed that Congress – in classic fashion – has squandered this golden opportunity, I am encouraged by the President’s commitment,” concluded Tancredo, “And I have every intention of making sure he keeps it.”
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He'd get my vote.
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...and he'd get the votes of 75+ million AMERICANS.
I salute them all.
I voted for him in the primary out of protest.
Tom Tancredo for President! Some day, please God.
Last Honest Man bttt.
He's got my vote...
They can rush giving America away, but God forbid they rush to really secure it.
Stupid bastards...
im sure you just love people who flambointly break the laws of the united states and then demand free handouts. these people are called illegal immigrants for a reason becuse THEY BROKE THE LAW! for an example of what unchecked immigration does LOOK AT AMSTERDAM!
If that isn't a good reason to deny drivers' licenses to illegal aliens, I don't know what is. He said this issue would be taken up in the next Congress. I hope he's right.
Our best hope is to nag, nag, nag our Reps and Senators and try to appeal to their good sense (if they have any).
Yep, it has been getting bad these last few days. They're doing their d*mn level best to turn FR into DU with their anger, hatred, and out right insanity. Anyone who disagrees with them is attacked with names I won't repeat and the hate mail is 100 times worse. Some even want me dead because they think I'm a "Mexican a** kisser".
Yeah. Right.
Would a more accurate description be "illegal alien a** kisser"? (BTW, most illegal aliens are Mexicans)
"The kooks are trying to become the mainstream."
Yup, the "kooks" really hate America and the fact that the Republican Party loves to keep our borders unchecked. Well dude, saddle on up to the Party Bar, join the Cowboy and have some more of that Republican Party Punch.
You two are so cute together.
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