All of us here in the Chamber know how important our time is. We get a 6year license to serve as Senators. so how we spend our time and how our time is allocated is at a very high premium. What Senator REID did was to say a long time ago we would spend the latter part of May. and now we are into June. dealing with this huge issue of immigration reform. At the end of the day it is a national security issue that goes to the heart of what Senator ALEXANDER was saying. which is we have to secure the borders of this country. we have to deal with the economic realities that have created the immigration issues we are facing here today. we have to deal with the reality of 12 million undocumented workers who live here in the shadows of Americas society. and we have to create a system for immigration that is going to work into the future. The people who have worked on this. including President Bush in the White House. have helped us move this debate forwardhopefully closer to conclusion. I see my friend from New Jersey. who is I think ready to speak. so I yield the floor.
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