Mr. Speaker. I rise today in opposition to the proposed rule controlling debate of H.R. 3810. the immigration reform legislation. While I generally object to the use of House parliamentary procedure to defeat a piece of legislation. I must object to the rule in its present form as being too restrictive of debate on the issues and not being available in a timely fashion to Members for careful analysis. The rule before us today was crafted late last night behind closed doors after virtually no testimony or input from many of us in this body which may have proven quite constructive in nature. On a major piece of legislation such as immigration reform. it is inconceivable that Congress would be forced to pass judgment on this measure under such severe time restrictions and in such a hurried manner. This is no way to conduct business and it is certainly no way to intelligently evaluate the variety of issues inherently raised by this bill. Mr.
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