Wayne Allard: “I wish to express in a public way my gratitude for Senator Sessions, the Senator from Alabama, for his efforts on behalf…”

“I wish to express in a public way my gratitude for Senator Sessions, the Senator from Alabama, for his efforts on behalf of many of us who have concerns about the immigration bill. I think we should recognize his yeoman work and the amount of time he spent studying all of the ramifications of this bill. All of us have begun to study this bill more and more over the past week, and we began to realize the long-term implications the immigration reform bill we have on the floor will have on America. I have grave concerns with the effects of this bill on the future of this country, not the least of which is its potential fiscal impact. Section 407 reads: It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods beginning in 2016 through 2055. The Congressional Budget Office issued a May 16, 2006, cost estimate explicitly stating: Enacting S. 2611 would cause an increase in direct spending greater than $5 billion in each of the 10-year periods between 2016 and 2055. The fiscal impact of this bill can be summed up in simply two words: budget buster. This is a budget buster. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this legislation would increase direct spending by $54 billion over the next 10 years.…”