We will accept the will of the House. I was asked in the Rules Committee by a Democratic Member. MARTIN FROST of Texas. if you have the opportunity to offer your alternative to the Schumer amendment. the socalled Wilson amendment. which basically parrots the PanettaMorrison amendment which passed on this floor by about a 56vote margin 2 years ago. and you are not successful. would you support the overall immigration bill? I said that if I had my fair shot on the floor and we had an up or down vote on it and I lost. even though I thought I should have prevailed. I would still go forward and vote for the bill because I believe in immigration reform. That is all we are asking. It just seems awfully strange that in the peoples House. the place that we bring children to. the place that high school classes come for their senior trip to see what democracy is all about. that we say Members are wrong or Members are obstructionists if they ask for a simple vote on an issue that has already proven itself to be crucial to the overall issue being then considered.
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