Bob Filner: “I wish all of us, the gentleman, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Bilbray, myself our colleagues, would be working together for the…”

“I wish all of us, the gentleman, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Bilbray, myself our colleagues, would be working together for the economic development of our region. This amendment does not help any. It does not even apply to the funds that my amendment addressed. The funds are not from this act. It is not a railroad project of the United States. I asked for loan guarantees for a private sector venture. The private sector is not going to invest $75 million in a railroad that has banditry problems, that has other problems. This is a private sector venture that will transform the economy of San Diego. They are going to make the studies. Let us trust the private sector on that side of the aisle. This is what the project is all about, opening the economy, opening the port of San Diego. The private sector will make those studies. They are not going to invest that money if it is unsafe. So I would say to the gentleman from California [Mr. Hunter] let us get serious, let us solve the economic problems of San Diego and not just demagogue on this issue of immigration.”