Bob Dole: “Most Americans, by 80 percent, think we should deal with this issue. But now we are going to be held hostage by Social…”

“Most Americans, by 80 percent, think we should deal with this issue. But now we are going to be held hostage by Social Security amendments and minimum wage amendments. They have five or six others. Then they have the gall to stand up and say, ``We want to move ahead on illegal immigration.'' We know what is happening. If we can work out a time agreement on relevant amendments, we will pursue illegal immigration or the immigration bill. It passed the committee, as I understand, by a vote of 13 to 4. But if we are going to have extraneous amendments and nonrelevant amendments to help protect some of those who voted wrong on the balanced budget amendment, we could be having this every day--and every day and every day. I just hope the six on the other side who voted for a balanced budget amendment 2 years ago would now, when we have the vote sometime this month or probably next month, vote for the balanced budget amendment-- we are just a couple of votes short--and send it to the States for ratification.”