Speech #990275875

I rise on two grounds. One is that as the gentleman. the chairman of the subcommittee and the gentleman from California has said. that this conference is going to be a difficult conference. There are lots of issues outstanding. many different balances. and as we all know with immigration: "It aint over til its over. and it aint over yet." So we do have lots of problems. and anything that does tie the hands of the conferees. although it is perfectly legitimate for the gentleman from California to bring up this resolution. but anything that ties -the conferees hands just drops things. in my opinion. a notch in terms of the chances of getting a bill. I was impressed last nightI think one could not fail to get impressedwith the overwhelming desire of this House to pass real and true and humane immigration reform. The second point that I would make is substantive. Legal serviceswe dispute many different issues. and no one side has a higher moral ground than the other on any of them. in my opinion. people have different views.