Angie Craig

I rise to clarify the record concerning my support for the resolution before us today. I chose to cosponsor this resolution because of my abhorrence for the crime of lynching. I have been told that the passage of this resolution will…

prior to a vote on the amendment as amended, I would like to speak for up to 3 minutes. I have sought recognition to comment on an amendment I have offered to address a tremendous gap in coverage that exists in our treatment of the…

we have completed a tremendously important piece of legislation for the funding of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. During this afternoon, I, along with Senator Danny Akaka, my ranking member on the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and…

I call up amendment No. 475 and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig], for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Roberts…

I strongly support the second-degree amendment. I think it has been well spoken by the ranking member of the Finance Committee, Senator Baucus. He has detailed exactly what we intend to do. The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee…

is it a religious test? Is it an environmental test? Is it a right-to-life test? Is it a racial test? No. Now we say it is Tom DeLay's test. If it weren't so deadly serious, it would be laughably humorous. But the other side has reduced…

let me say how disappointed I am that the action taken by the Senator from Nevada has just happened. We were working very hard to solve a very specific problem that the administration had chosen to rule by regulation, what I believe is a…

the Senator from Arizona has come up with some fascinating and interesting explanations of why his is not and ours is amnesty. By that I simply mean there are a lot of people who believe that if people have broken the law and that you…

The temporary card is for people working 360 days over 3 to 6 years, and then you apply for permanency. It is at least 3 years, and maybe 6 years before you can even apply for permanent residency. Then that processing and adjudication…

I believe the Senator from Massachusetts will be arriving soon. His time and my time are for the same purpose. He has given me the ability to use up some of that time. I will not, at this moment, ask unanimous consent for those purposes…

I will continue to consume time of the Senator from Massachusetts. I understand he is en route to speak on behalf of AgJOBS. We will continue to do that. Over the course of the last day, I have sent to the desk and provided to my…

How much time, then, is left on all three? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Idaho has consumed his time. The Senator from Massachusetts now has 24 minutes. The Senator from Georgia has 11 minutes.

I understand it is kind of the semantics we played a few moments ago. Temporary is not permanent, even though they are permanently here temporarily. I understand those semantics, yes. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1 hour is a day…

In my situation, they must have worked and, of course, they must do that full background check we all go through. It is a time-consuming thing. One of the things the American people want that we are both doing is to control the current…

That employee must demonstrate tax records and an employment record during that 100-hour period by an employee prior to January 1, 2005.

could I understand the time allocation? The Senator from Georgia has 1 hour. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Georgia has 58 minutes.

As of 2004, not in 2005. January 1, he had to be here last year working, cannot come across the border through Arizona. March 29, before April 1 of this year.

There is a difference. If you come forth and say, I have been here and have worked 100 days and I want to get a temporary green card, we do a background check.

I have to come back on that. Not after 2\1/ 2\ weeks. He gets a temporary green card for 360 days or 5 years. Then he applies for permanency. That is the way the bill reads. That is an additional 2 years. Math is math and it adds up and…

And the Senator from Massachusetts has? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts has 29 minutes. Who yields time? The Senator from Georgia.

I ask you to respond on my time. I appreciate that. I understand what you are saying, ``greening'' versus ``blueing,'' but if you give someone a blue card and he becomes a supervisor, he may not be a permanent resident but he is…

The Senator from Idaho has? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Idaho has 29 minutes.

I don't disagree with that. But the criteria was entirely different. If I could be so kind, I think my colleague is mixing apples and oranges and getting an interesting blend of a new juice. An earned status approach has never been used…

The Senator is making a very interesting point. Has the Senator looked at the Bureau of Labor Statistics' numbers of those they believe--if the law were passed--are AgJOBS eligible?

About 500,000 is what they estimate. When you do all of the very thorough background checks we have within it that are consistent with immigration law today, they figure a certain number would fall out, and then there are the wives and…