Speech #640198599

I consulted with no one on the other side as to the action that I took. I :simply promised my constituencies in the State from which I come that the bill they are so interested in should at my hands. whenever opportunity offered. have my support. When I submitted the motion this morning to -proceed to the consideration of the immigration bill I did it because on the floor of the Senate I said that I intended to do it. in the caucus I said that I intended to do it. to my constituency I said that I intended to do it. and I did it. carrying out what I thought was my duty and what I know at the bar of my conscience was my duty. It was not done with any respect to those who would back me up in the proposition to take up the immigration bill.