But I believe that. as was the case when this bill first emerged from the committee. that it will in the end enjoy tremendous bipartisan support. The measure earlier this year had a tremendous number of votes. As I recall. there were only 80 some odd votes against the bill itself and 330 votes in support of it. and so the vote may not be identical to the earlier one. but I do believe that there will be Democrats and Republicans alike recognizing that this Congress has done more than past Congresses to deal with this problem of illegal immigration. The American people have asked us to do it. and the 104th Congress has been resultoriented as we go through the litany of items from telecommunications reform. welfare reform. lineitem veto. unfunded mandates. We have provided tremendous results. and this immigration bill is further evidence of that. Mr. Speaker.
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