Mr. President. I didnt expect to hear the Democratic leader talk about the immigration bill this morning and his and Senator KENNEDYs desire to rush it through the House of Representatives. calling for action now. It is a very bad bill. and it impacts directly the issues we are talking about todaywages for working Americans. I am going to talk about that issue and ask our colleagues to give serious thought to the matters I will raise. With regard to our colleagues who claim they are concerned about poverty among American workers I ask those MembersSenator REID and Senator KENNEDYwho proposed the immigration bill and tried to rush it through this Senate without any amendments to consider some of the concerns of their own allies. economists and professors. who believe that if passed. it would damage the wages of American workers. I agree that we have a troubling condition in our country. People have referred to it often as the wage gap. that higher income people seem to be doing well. but there has been a lag in performance among lower income workers.
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