I object, and I ask for the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Iowa.

I reserve the right to object, and I will object. I want the Members of this body to know that I very much am interested in E-Verify, because I have legislation in for mandatory E- Verify. I was involved with several Senators in 2007 as we…

I have expressed my frustration many times, and more often in the last week, about the lack of progress on getting votes. We have been on this bill for 3 weeks. Yet we have only dealt with nine amendments. It is unclear if any more…

Let me correct that. That is money total to be spent, not necessarily all on the border. But about $30 billion was added in this amendment for the border.

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1183, as modified.

on behalf of myself and my colleagues--I better say on behalf of myself and some of my colleagues--I have to object. The majority party has offered an agreement from our point of view that is insufficient and clearly not serious, even…

I want to give my colleagues a point of view on the immigration bill before the Senate from somebody other than a Senator. In the weekend Des Moines Register, there was an article called ``Another View: Immigration reform plan adds…

I yield 10 minutes to the Senator from Texas. I want to give an update, not only to Senator Landrieu, but for all the Senators. First of all, 10 days ago we started out with 27 amendments that were noncontroversial--or supposedly…

this grand compromise makes false promises to the American people and throws money at the border, but there is no accountability to get the job done. We need to see the results, but the only result we are being assured of is legalization…

the only unanimous consent request I am going to make is at the end of my remarks I will ask for inclusion of something in the Record. I wish to share with the public what is taking place on the immigration bill before us. Unfortunately…

As we have seen over the past 2 weeks, immigration is a very emotional issue. It is an issue that engenders strong feelings from both sides of the aisle and maybe out in the grass roots of America even stronger feelings than are expressed…

We only had nine amendments. Is that a robust and open process? Do they think the majority has allowed regular order? From my point of view, the answer is a clear and resounding no. We are at a point where the process has been halted. It…

I know that when I come to the floor and remind my colleagues about my involvement in the 1986 immigration bill, it sounds like a broken record. I said early on this year that I wanted to educate my colleagues about the mistakes we made in…

Reserving the right to object, and I probably will have to object, but let me explain first of all that this is a rare moment that Senator Landrieu and I might be on the opposite side of the fence. And maybe when this is all done, we will…

Has the Senator yielded the floor? I don't think I want to speak until I have it.

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

Is there a time limit for me to speak? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana had 10 minutes, which has now expired. The Senator from Iowa has no time allocated to him.

I want to make a few points in response to the Senator from Louisiana who has been pushing to get a number of so-called noncontroversial amendments adopted. There have been a number of misrepresentations. A major incorrect point made is…

I am not going to make a unanimous consent request. I want to speak about a piece of legislation I hope to introduce before we finish the bill on immigration. This is a Grassley-Kirk amendment numbered 1299, and I am having a difficult…

yesterday we had the good fortune of receiving the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of the immigration bill before the Senate, and I would like to mention two findings from the CBO report. It says the bill will drive down wages…

I want to speak for a few minutes on the progress we are making on the immigration bill. In speaking about the progress, it also gives me a chance to say to my colleagues on this side of the aisle that I hope we can get an agreement to…

Would you agree with this, that the weakening of current law creates a loophole that could allow terrorist groups such as al Qaeda or Hezbollah or other foreign spies to more easily operate within the United States?

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1197, offered by the Senator from…

I have no problems with this amendment. It ensures that tribal communities are represented. The bill's task force is a new and independent entity designed to provide recommendations about immigration and border security. Mr. Tester is…

Thank you, Chairman Leahy, for calling the hearing, and I welcome Director Mueller back, particularly because this is likely to be the last hearing he will appear before the Committee.