Political Quotes

“I hope those who understand this bill would look carefully at the suggestions our colleague has made, because, as I understood it, this is the kind of thing which none of us intended to be the case. We are talking about a category of people who come here legally, who fall into circumstances that all of us have agreed should not be denied benefits. There is no debate about that. I think we have resolved that. I urge staff and others who might look at this, so that tomorrow when we are asked to vote on matters as we gather in the well, there will not be the benefit that those of us sitting here today will have had of the very careful analysis of the Senator from Florida. My hope is, and I say this so our friends from Pennsylvania and Delaware who are here, who have staff here to look at this, so tomorrow when our colleagues gather we will have an opportunity to pass judgment on this, and if it is as our colleague from Florida has suggested, we might adopt that amendment maybe by voice vote, go to conference, and try and resolve some of the matters.”