I thought I already knew a lot going down there. but I came back even better informed. I hope they felt that way as well. We had some discussions going and coming about the Presidents Executive orders with respect to the status of some of the undocumented folks in our country. I know there is a fair amount of heartburn on the part of our Republican colleagues that the President may have acted inappropriately. We understand that unhappiness. My hope is that we will not take that unhappiness out on the Department of Homeland Security whose employees are working hard to try to do their jobs. to protect us from all kinds of dangers. not just on the borders of our country with Mexico or Canada but all kinds of threats around the world. My hope is that at the end of the day we will use this dustup. if you will. this disagreement with the Presidents actions to provide a sense of urgency to take up and debate again comprehensive immigration reformnot next year but this year. not this fall. not this summer but the beginning of this year. now or very close to now. One of the things we have learned in terms of our own work on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is immigration reform done welland I do not know how the Presiding Officer voted. I voted for it. I was not crazy about it.
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