Mr. President. at the risk of unnecessarily delaying the discussion. the key to finishing the bill is to have votes on an adequate number of amendments. A number of amendments on this side are being offered by people who may well vote for an immigration bill. I certainly would like to vote for an immigration bill in the Senate. I did vote for such a proposal last time we went through this process in the previous Congress. 1 would like to be able to do so again. But we are going to insist on fundamental fairness. This measure may well be the only significant accomplishment of this Congress. Surveys out in the Washington Post today indicate that there is a declining support for the new Congress. which is a considerable Implication that the American people have noticed that we are not doing much in this Congress. Let me repeat. it is not my desire for this Congress to have a record of virtually no accomplishment. and a good significant accomplishment would be to get the right kind of immigration bill out of the Senate. It is still my hope that will be achieved. This is only Tuesday afternoonjust Tuesday afternoon.
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