Political Quotes

“I believe we are on the Simpson amendment here to the illegal immigration bill. References made by the Senator from California to the Abraham-Kennedy amendments being in this bill are not accurate. There is no provision related to the Abraham-Kennedy amendment in this bill because this is the illegal immigration bill we are dealing with. The legal immigration bill, which we also passed in the Judiciary Committee, is at the desk and can be brought to the floor of the Senate. I believe and hope it will be brought to the floor of the Senate for discussions of the matters that pertain to legal immigration, including debate over how the allocation of visas ought to be made. I am going to speak right now about the amendment that is pending, the effort by the Senator from Wyoming, the Simpson amendment, to inject legal immigration issues into this illegal immigration bill.”