Madam Speaker. understands the commitment that is made on the part of the medical care providers for our military men and women. and that is what we must do in order to support their effort and support their sacrifice. Madam Speaker. I came to the floor tonight to talk about an issue that I have been here before to raise. and hopefully I will be back again to raise. and that is this broad. overall immigration issue that has captured the debate field in the United States for the last 3 years or more. And what brings me to the floor tonight is a sense that there is a growing effort on the part of the White House. on the part of the Senate and on the part of some here in the House. to build a kind of a critical mass coalition that would bring what they would call a comprehensive immigration reform bill through the Senate and then quickly over here to the House. which I would consider to be a steamrolled or a stampeded bill. something that we dont know what is going on behind the scenes. or there has been hardly anything leaked. And I believe it is their effort to try to get enough Members. a majority. and that would be something or a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and a significant majority here in the House to buy on to a policy that they have never seen. one that is not in print yet. or at least not filed. not dropped. in the fundamental sense. but only get people. people. and I mean Members and Senators. to sign off conceptually. and say I conceptually endorse a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Well. first. Madam Speaker. the American people need to understand that when the word "comprehensive immigration reform." when that phrase is used. that means we dont like to admit amnesty. But comprehensive is a substitution for the word "amnesty." It has been that way for 3 years. It will be that way until this debate is maybe over for this cycle. But I recall when the President gave his first immigration reform speech was January 6 of 2004. 3 years and a couple of months ago. There he brought out a lot of the same things that he is standing for now. And the President says that he is opposed to amnesty.
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