Dick Durbin: “If the Senator from Vermont would yield for just one moment. I want to thank him personally. As chairman of the Senate…”

“If the Senator from Vermont would yield for just one moment. I want to thank him personally. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he has made a point of making sure the DREAM Act, a bill which I introduced 13 years ago, has had a fair hearing before the committee on more than one occasion and has been reported by the committee. It was part of that comprehensive immigration bill. I thank him for bringing it up. I just want to say for the record that one Republican Senator has said he wants to deport all of the DREAMers. He is in for a fight because these young men and women are proving over and over they can make a valuable contribution to this country. I thank the Senator from Vermont. (The remarks of Mr. Leahy pertaining to the introduction of S. 2658 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')”