On that point I just want to ask my colleague from the Judiciary Committee. the gentleman is correct in saying we were promised this in February and we have been promised it since then. but we should not lead people to believe that that is the first time that the bill was under consideration. The bill has been in committee for far longer. has it not? I recall in the lameduck session after the 1982 election we were permitted through the benevolence of the Speaker to debate the immigration reform bill. Of course he would not let us vote on it. so it did not do any good. But how long actually has the immigration bill been in the works in the Judiciary Committee?
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