the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables and if you look at the recent obesity statistics, you ll see that man americans have all righted started. my gastroenterologist has informed me in no unnecessary terms they re a necessary form of roughage. as necessary, i d like to sub might colonoscopy into this record. but this is america. i don t want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american. then sliced by guatemalans, and served by a venezuelan, in a spa, where a chilean gives me a brazilian. because my great grandfather did not travel across 4000 miles of the atlantic ocean to see this country overrun by immigrants. he did it because he killed a man back in ireland. that s the rumor. i don t know if that s true. i d like to have that stricken from the record. i participated in the ufw s take our jobs campaign, one of only 16 people in america to take up the challenge.
record there are mistakes all over the place. what is wrong with a second look. maybe this was a mistake. nothing wrong with a second look if the second look shows mistakes. that makes the decision to helped prudent. but if a decision to lend is made because the government wants the money given, not because they are worthy of receiving the money because they pay back, would will pick up the pieces when they collapse? the taxpayer. that is the policy of the government and the policy of the bush administration. the taxpayer is on the hook for something else in washington, dc, comic colbert testifying on capitol hill. listen. america s farms are dependent on immigrants for fruits and vegetables. if you look at obesity statistics you see many americans should be eating vegetables and fruits.
my name is stephen colbert and i am an american citizen. it is an honor and a privilege to be here today. congressman lofgren asked me to share my vast experience spending one day as a migrant farm worker. i am happy to use my celebrity to draw the tension to this important complicated issue and i certainly hope my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to c-span1. as we ve heard this morning, america s farms are presently far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. now, the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. and if you look at the recent obesity statistics, you ll see that many americans have already started. unfortunately, my gastrointurologist has informed me in no uncertain terms that they are a necessary source of roughage. as evidence, i would like to submit a video of my colonoscopy into the record.
initially tried to get him to leave. you run your show. we run the committee. but comedianstein colbert speaking in host of comedy central colbert report says he was invited to the hearing on illegal immigrant farm workers and offered his take on the matter at hand. america s farms are presenty far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruit and vegetables. the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. and if you look at the recent obesity statistics you see many americans have already started. he recently took up the farm challenge to work in field like a day like an immigrant laborer, told the committee he s qualified to speak on the topic. i believe one day of me studying everything makes me an expert. celebrity are not unheard of promoting a cause or charity or giving testimony. they ve been doing it for years.
congresswoman asked me to share my experience spending one day as a migrant farmworker. i am happy to use my celebrity to draw attention to this important issue. i hope my star power can bump this up to c-span1. as we heard this morning, america s farms are far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. if you look at the recent obesity statistics, many americans have already started. unfortunately, my gastrointurologist says that they are a necessary source of rou roughage. now, we all know there is a long tradition of great nations importing foreign workers to do their farm work. after all, it was the ancient