Mr. President. I am glad that people have decided to speak about immigration reform. This body passed overwhelminglyRepublicans and Democrats joined togethera comprehensive immigration bill last year. We did it after six hearings during which we received testimony from 42 witnesses. We had five markups and 37 hours of debate. often late into the night. over three weeks. There were 212 amendments. of which 136 were adopted. all but three of them on a bipartisan bases. Staff and Senators. Republicans and Democrats. worked together throughout that time. and the Senate. by a better than 2to1 margin. passed a comprehensive immigration bill. It was supported by people from the right to the left. It went over to the other body.
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