President. the Senator from Massachusetts is correct. Senator HATCH is prepared. and he will start on the conference report. We are not going to debate the immigration bill. It is being held hostage now because of the demands on the other side. If we do not want to do anything about illegal immigration. I guess the Democrats can make that happen. Most Americans. by 80 percent. think we should deal with this Issue. But now we are going to be held hostage by Social Security amendments and minimum wage amendments. They have five or six others. Then they have the gall to stand up and say. "We want to move ahead on illegal immigration." We know what is happening. If we can work out a time agreement on relevant amendments. we will pursue illegal immigration or the immigration bill. It passed the committee. as I understand. by a vote of 13 to 4. But if we are going to have extraneous amendments and nonrelevant amendments to help protect some of those who voted wrong on the balanced budget amendment. we could be having this every dayand every day and every day.
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