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Stephen Colbert’s Opening Statement At Congressional Hearing (VIDEO)

Stephen Colbert’s Opening Statement At Congressional Hearing (VIDEO)

Stephen Colbert testified before Congress today on behalf of the United Farm Workers Union, about his “vast experience spending one day as a migrant farm worker.”

Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International law, Colbert said: “This is America. I don’t want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked by an American. Then sliced by a Guatemalan, and served by a Venezuelan in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian.”

Here’s the video of his opening statement:

Full coverage of the hearing here.

[TPM SLIDESHOW: The Whole Truthiness: Stephen Colbert Testifies On Capitol Hill]

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