I have urged the President to invest himself in the process and work with Congress. I did so on the first day of this Congress and at the one Senate hearing held on this matter in February. The path chosen by the administration was not one I recommended. Instead. the administration remained on the far right of the immigration debate and has pushed the bill and the debate in that direction. We have before us a measure that is the product of closeddoor meetings between the administration and Republican Senators. which was then put to Democratic Senators as the framework from which any further negotiations could proceed. Senator KENNEDY has done his best.
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