Speech #1010094034

But we found out. with the best of interpretations that we might want to put on it. that honorable people will differ about who ought to be where. and the right of Congress as the lawmaking body of this country is to look at these situations. not to make individual determinations but to look at these situations and say. "Here is a whole category that we want to take care of. and here is a country where we think it applies." That. it seems to me. is an undeniably sensible thing to do. and we are showing by this piece of legislation. I believe. that we can do it well. It we want to disagree with anyone. we would disagree with those who suggest. as some people have. that this is somehow just an ad hoc response. The Subcommittee on Immigration of the Judiciary Committee has worked hard on this. and the gentleman from Massachusetts in the Rules Committee has worked hard on this. This. I think. is the only reasonable answer to the problem. and the problem is this: in parts of the world there are people who find it unsafe to live where they are living.