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Bill Delahunt: I thank Mr. Ryan for yielding the time. As I was waiting to come over, I had an opportunity to watch our friends and…

On the recordJuly 12, 2006
I thank Mr. Ryan for yielding the time. As I was waiting to come over, I had an opportunity to watch our friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle speak about immigration, and I discovered something tonight, and that is that they really have a great sense of humor. Now, we know individual Members over there that are friends of ours, we enjoy them, and they have a sense of humor, but collectively they have a sense of humor. They were eloquent in their comments and their observations, and I noted that they continued to refer to the Senate bill, Mr. Speaker, as the Reid-Kennedy bill. Well, I guess we must be playing some sort of funny game because I am going to ask my colleagues to help me. Whatever happened to John McCain? Did he just disappear? I thought it was Senator McCain, who there is a rumor, Mr. Speaker, that he might be a candidate for the Republican nomination for President, that he had something to do with that Senate bill. Has anybody seen Senator McCain? Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, have you seen Senator McCain?
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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