He was a congressman then. And he was railing against giving illegals subsidies or benefits because it encourages them to come here. Now. Today, what the fight is over is They're wanting to strip all the one big beautiful bill language out that cut the waste, fraud and abuse. which is one of them, cutting the millions of illegals from getting those subsidies they want to reinstate. And they say that's not what it's about, but it literally strikes it line for line. (00:39–00:46)
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