Speech #990259369

I will certainly try. in 1 minute. to state my feelings on the rule. I do plan to be active in the debate on the bill. Once upon a time. immigration reform looked like it would finally get the attention it deserved from this Congress. I was particularly hopeful of that. I spent a good deal of my professional life as an immigration lawyer. It is high time we do something. Now we find ourselves being asked to consider a prepackaged. specialinterestladen bill which is nothing less than ridiculous. Chain migration. outyear numbers that could total 70 million. abandoned. I offered an amendment before the Rules Committee not made in order. Lungren not made in order.