Dave Reichert Quotes
In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low.
United States, Congress, House. Representative Reichert speaking on Immigration Reform. Congressional Record, 109th Congress, 2nd Session, Government Publishing Office, 21 June 2006.
The nation was divided over the issue of immigration. Many observed that the vast majority of the immigrants—especially the illegal immigrants performed jobs for which American workers could not be hired. Opponents like the congressman, claimed that if better wages were paid Americans would be doing the jobs, and as long as there were immigrants who would work for low wages, there was little reason for employers to pay more.
Many people contest his 40 million number as being exaggerated. Even if true, opponents argue that they would be no more likely to take jobs that most Americans do not want at current wages or whose education does not make them qualified for the high tech jobs that are available. They argue that with 40 million additional American we would not replace many immigrants but would greatly increase the unemployment rate. Later, DeLay was convicted and sentenced to jail for money laundering and illegally spending and raising campaign funds. He was also reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee for unethical methods of fund raising for other earlier actions.
“those lands” referred to large tracts of public land that was unoccupied.
David George Reichert is an American politician, veteran, and former sheriff who served as the U.S. Representative for Washington's 8th Congressional District from 2005 to 2019. He is a Republican and is the former elected sheriff of King County, Washington. In September 2017, Reichert announced that he would retire from Congress after his seventh term.
