I gave the Senator a reply which I thought befitting to his question. I will now proceed to make my statement. I have always voted for the immigration bill whenever it was up. and I have voted to pass it over the presidential veto whenever it was vetoed. I did it because I believed in it. because I believed it was right. because it was in accordance with my convictions. Months agoI venture to say as much as six months or more ago--I began to receive dozens of resolutions and petitions from my State urging that the immigration bill be voted on at this session. and that I vote to take it up and dispose of it at this session of Congress. I received dozens of petitions. resolutions. memorials. and many individual letters to that effect. That began months ago. long before a Democratic caucus on the subject was dreamed of. by me at least.
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