President. I rise to talk about a couple of issues that I think are very important. One I will get to in a minute. the pending legislation before us. the issue of immigration. illegal immigration. and what we are trying to do to combat that in the Senate. Today. I am very hopeful that with the proper cooperation. we can get this done today and over to the President In the next 48 hours to begin the process of securing the border and dealing with an issue that may be the No. 1 issue in my State right now. I probably hear about this issue of illegal immigration from casual contact with my constituents in grocery stores. the train station. et cetera. I have more people asking me about the issue of illegal immigration than any other issue we deal with. It is remarkable in the sense that if you talk to folks here in Washington and the "experts" in the media. this is not important to people. Particularly. you would think in a State such as Pennsylvania. which is miles away from the southern border but not too far from the northern border. this would not be an important issue. But it is an important issue. It is one that I am very pleased the Senate is going to deal with today after. I think. making a misstep in the previous consideration of illegal immigration legislation. We have now taken a step in the right direction. a step where we put the horse before the cart instead of the cart before the horse. So I am very excited about that.
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