Speaker. despite the virtual unanimous agreement across a broad specturm of American society. among labor unions. business groups. newspapers. veterans. environmentalists. Republicans. Democrats. average Americans of all stripes that our borders are completely out of control. that our immigration policy is no policy. despite the years of hard work by a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives. the Speaker of this House unilaterally decreed that we in this body will not even have an opportunity to debate and consider the immigration reform bill. a bill. I might add. that has already passed the Senate. Our Speaker said that there was "no constituency" for immigration reform. a statement that perhaps reflects philosophy that national problems should be subservient to the demands of narrow special interest groups. I urge all Membersof both partiesto sign the discharge petition to get this bill to the floor. No man should be bigger than the entire House.
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