Bill Delahunt: “towards the end of the hour this past hour, my good friend from Iowa spoke about a variety of different subjects; and he…”

“towards the end of the hour this past hour, my good friend from Iowa spoke about a variety of different subjects; and he made mention of what we ought to have done in terms of immigration and other issues. In part I agree, and in part I disagree. But I think what is important and it cannot be stated often enough, whatever the problem is, whether it be the mismanagement of the reconstruction phase in Iraq, whether it be the price of gas at the pump, whether it be illegal immigration into this country, it comes back to one basic fact: that over the course of the past 6 years, 6 years now, this country has been presided over by a Republican administration. President George W. Bush was elected in the year 2000. It is now 2006. Back in 1994, Mr. Meek and Mr. Ryan, this House saw for the first time in 40 years a Republican majority. Across this Capitol building, the Senate has been controlled for most of the past 10 years and is currently controlled by the Republican Party. So what I really cannot understand is why have all these things not been addressed? What has happened to our borders? There are laws on the books now. We have had waves of illegal immigration coming across our borders for the past 6 years. {time} 2315 My friend from Iowa was talking about how many come across daily. Where has this administration been? Where has this Congress been? Are they just waking up? This is not a recent problem. Because the truth is, they can talk about Democrats.…”