Mr. Speaker. in light of all of these facts. in light of this overwhelming problem. the legislative response in this body is regrettably underwhelming. Unlike the other body. which once again has expeditiously done it job. passing a bill last year. as it did 2 years before that in the first session of that Congress and 22 years before that. immigration reform legislation lies dormant in what my colleague from Illinois once aptly described as the Bermuda triangle of serious legislation. that is. the House Judiciary Committee. This is indeed most puzzling in that it was over 6 months ago that our own Immigration Subcommittee marked up the bill. In light of our previous problems with the clockand I would argue that we did not get completed legislation on this issue in the last two Congresses because we ran out of timeit was my hope that we would soon proceed to a prompt markup of the legislation in the full committee. In fact. we had suggestions made to us. messages that were sent out. indications that we would deal with this on a priority basis.
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