Speech #990284146

I probably would have filed it earlier had I been in his position. But the point I want to make is that we spent more time debating the Presidents proposals to Gorbachev than we had spent previously speaking in opposition to this bill. Someone asked me outside. "Is it worth holding up the funding of the Government to debate immigration?" I think those who are really involved in the debate would be quick to point out that what held up the funding of the Government was not immigration. In fact. we spoke on immigration some 40 minutes yesterday before we pulled the bill down to go back to the continuing resolution. What held up the funding of the Government was an effort to build planes the Air Force did not want and to build buildings the GSA did not want and the Congress had not authorized. So an effort to debate this bill has in no way held up the funding of the Federal Government.