On Friday, September 24th, political satirist and comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, took Capitol Hill by storm to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Security. Colbert entered the Rayburn House Office Building in character to bring attention to the problems facing illegal immigrant farm workers in the United States. The bill being debated before the committee was HR 2414, the AgJOBS Act of 2009, presented by Representative Howard Berman (D-CA); HR 2414 aims “to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes.”
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Colbert Testifies Before House Subcommittee
On Friday, September 24th, political satirist and comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, took Capitol Hill by storm to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Security. Colbert entered the Rayburn House Office Building in character to bring attention to the problems facing illegal immigrant farm workers in the United States. The bill being debated before the committee was HR 2414, the AgJOBS Act of 2009, presented by Representative Howard Berman (D-CA); HR 2414 aims “to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes.”
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