Speaker. that wraps up the portion of this presentation that deals with the current events of this week and today. But 1 have to roll. this thing back to the current events of last week. that being that last week. on Thursday afternoon. here in this city. ab~out 12:30. if I remember correctly. there was a press conference that took place over on the Senate side. And a group of senators got together and announced that they had finally untied the Gordian Knot of immigration and put together the best immigration bill that could be put together. They called it comprehensive immigration reform. And they stipulated that they had been negotiating and working on this with Senator KENNEDY of Massachusetts. who was one of the presenters. with the White House. President Bush. his representatives there. and that this delicately balanced comprehensive immigration bill could be and would be the vehicle that should pass through the Senate without amendment and come over here to the House. where we should certainly be respectful and just adopt the wisdom of the Senate. send the bill on to the President. who we know is waiting there with pen in hand. eager to sign the. what they would describe to be a comprehensive immigration bill. And now. Mr. Speaker. Id take you back. and the Members lback to about January 6 of 2004. That would be the moment in time when President Bush gave his first major immigration reform speech. And I recall the speech that he gave. In fact.
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