Now is the time for us to deliver. The empty promises of the past are
insufficient. We need to provide an enduring solution, and an enduring
solution is a fair solution for the DACA population and a responsible
solution for border security. If we do that, I think we will look at
this as something meaningful--something the Presiding Officer and I did
when we came in here in 2015. We got tax reform. That is meaningful. We have been promising immigration reform forever. This is not all of
it. We have more work to do. But this is a big first step, and it
requires bipartisanship, compromise, and a genuine commitment to
negotiate. I hope my Democratic colleagues will take the invitation seriously,
come to the table, negotiate an agreement we can all be proud of, and
we can give the certainty that we should give to the DACA population. I thank the chairman for the opportunity to speak on this and for his
continued leadership on this issue.
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