Lets do it this year after approving a clean. fullyear funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. I might just add this. The comprehensive immigration reform that we passed here by a 2to1 margin a year and a half ago was priced out by the Congressional Budget Office. which is not Democratic or Republican. They looked at it and did all the numbers and everything. They concluded that rather than increasing the budget deficit. that comprehensive immigration reform bill reduced the budget deficit for the next 10 years by $200 billion. Further. for the second 10 years. it reduced our budget deficit by $700 billion. A different study further suggested that the impact on our Nations economy and on our gross domestic product by the implementation of that same comprehensive immigration reform was that it would not diminish the growth to our economy. It would actually increase it by 5 percent- percent GDP growth over a twodecade period of time. Those of us who are privileged to serve in the Senate were sent here by our constituents with a critical responsibility: to work together and pass laws that help our Nation and help our economy to grow and to thrive.
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