Mary Landrieu: “The Senators did not believe that the bill needed to be offset. We thought this was an emergency and we voted that way.”

Thank goodness I did something.

I thank the Presiding Officer. First of all, let me associate myself with the remarks of my cosponsor, Senator Hoeven, who before he had to slip out the door to take a call relative to this vote was really very clear on so many important…

There are a lot of people here who are very upset and very angry and very frustrated.

If the Republican leadership had given comprehensive immigration reform the same opportunity for a vote that all of these other measures have received, it would be the law today.