Mr. Speaker. I desire to propound a unanimousconsent request for the purpose of discussing the first bill on this omnibus immigration bill. to give those who desire to discuss the question an opportunity to do so. We will have under consideration the omnibus immigration bill from the Committee on Immigration. and this bill includes 15 other bills. Under the rules of the House we cannot discuss them openly. and I thought. for the best interest of all concerned. so that we may understand the legislation and debate the question upon its merits and vote on its merits. without quorum calls and objections. it would be better for me to ask unanimous consent that we have 1 hour of debate on the first bill. half of that time to be controlled by myself and half by the ranking member on the Republican side.
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