When we come to the Bingaman amendment. as I say. my preference is to stick with the bill. A certain understanding has been reached among those who were parties to the negotiations of the structuring of the bill to stand together on it. If the Bingaman amendment is adopted. then it is my hope we will retain the adjustment features so that if we find that more or fewer guest workers are necessary for our economy. realizing they perform a very vital function in so much of our economy. in the restaurants and the hotels. on the farms. landscaping. so many facetstalked about that yesterday with the hearings which we held in the Judiciary Committee last year. cited the economists who testified about the importance of Immigrants in our economic structureI hope we will at least retain the socalled adjustor factors so we can make adjustments should that become necessary. I yield the floor.
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