Speech #1090137598

I urge my colleagues to understand that this bill has a direct and discretionary spending increase in it of $110 billion over 10 years. that tax revenues come in at $66 billion. which is not countable as a matter of law. but we will count it as a matter of practicality. leaving a total net loss to the Government in the first 10year window of $52 billion. That is where the budget point of order lies. We ought to sustain it. We have made progress in making this legislation better since it has been on the floor. but the flaws are so significant and the issues important to immigration have been so little addressed in many key areas that we ought not to go forward. We should pull the bill and get a better one.