Harry Reid: “I say to my friend, we should go on the bill. If people don't like that, offer an amendment, and we will debate that…”

“I say to my friend, we should go on the bill. If people don't like that, offer an amendment, and we will debate that, vote on it, and go about our way. Some of us feel very strongly about these Filipino veterans, as you know. They fought valiantly. All you need to do to prove that is to see what happened in the Tom Hanks movie. I would also say to my friend that we need to do something about this. The average age of one of these Filipinos is about 84 years now. It is not as if we are breaking the bank to help these people who fought side by side with us. I understand the concern of my friend, but I suggest, let's move to the bill, offer an amendment, it can be the first amendment.”