I am hopeful in the coming weeks the Senate will consider legislation that will put us on the right track toward increased production and use of renewable fuels. renewable electricity. and energyefficient products. buildings. and vehicles. This will improve our energy security and reduce the risk of global warming. After energy policy. we will focus on the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform. We all agree Americas immigration system is broken: our borders remain unsecured. Our laws remain underenforced. Eleven or twelve million undocumented immigrants continue to live in the shadows. Last year. the Senate passed bipartisan immigration reform that would have fixed our broken borders. Unfortunately. the legislation fell victim to partisan politics in the House and to inaction by the President. so we must readdress the issueagain. We will start with a bill that takes a tough and smart approach to fixing the borders. cracking down on enforcement. and laying out a path to earned legal status for undocumented immigrants already here and contributing to our society. In January. we promised the American people a new era of open. honest Government. We promised a new direction that will put families and working people. college students and senior citizens first.
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