I rise to address the legislation as so eloquently laid out by the chairman of the full Judiciary Committee. And. first. I would like to remark that I appreciate the cooperation in the negotiations that have taken place between Ranking Member SMITH and the chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. Ms. ZOE LOFOREN. as well as Chairman CONYERS. And this is the right spirit to deal with a religious visas extension type of a bill. and the timing of this is perfect as well for it to be the very week that Pope Benedict XVI is arriving tomorrow morning here in Washington. DC. and I think a lot of our activity will be suspended while we commemorate the glorious day. I have looked at a number of the statistics throughout this. and I have some reservations about what has transpired with the religious worker visas over the last several years. and I expect to take up some of those issues a little bit later in the debate. But as the gentleman who is more eloquent in laying out this entire case is to my right. I would be very happy to yield 3 minutes to the ranking member of the full Judiciary Committee. the gentleman from Texas .
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