He is also correct. The procedural rules in the Senate allowed that strongminded. strongwilled Senator. to have exceptional influence on the ability of the conference committee to impose and legislate along the lines of the House bill. But I suggest to Members of this Congress who believe in immigration. who believe in family reunification. who accept the principles that caused the House to support this bill in the first place. that the true comparison here is not with what the bill was when it left the House. or was what the bill was when it left the Immigration Subcommittee. but with existing law. In almost every respect. in so many ways. thousands and thousands. tens of thousands of people in this country. and even larger numbers of people who are close relatives of people in this country. will be given opportunities by this legislation that they do not have under present law to come out of the shadows. to avoid exploitation. and to reunify with their families. I opposed the efforts of the conference committee to reduce the results of our House action.
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