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Brian Bilbray: “I hear they are trying to work this out to have it ready for tomorrow. And we have to work together. This is key. We…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
I hear they are trying to work this out to have it ready for tomorrow. And we have to work together. This is key. We have to cross the aisle and make sure Democrats and Republicans work on this, because, frankly, I think the American people are fed up with the partisan fighting, and I think the President and Mr. Panetta think that somehow it is an advantage by trying to mess with this immigration bill. It is really sad.
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Discussing the need for bipartisan cooperation on immigration reform.

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