Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 496, insert after line 24 the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 1218. IMPROVEMENT OF THE IRAQI SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is amended-- (1) in section 1242, by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: ``(c) Improved Application Process.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014,''; (2) in section 1244, as amended by this Act, is further amended-- (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide an alien described in subsection (b) with the status of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(27)), and shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, ensure efficiency by which applications for special immigrant visas under section 1244(a) are processed so that all steps incidental to the issuance of such visas, including required screenings and background checks, are completed not later than 9 months after the date on which an eligible alien applies for such visa, if the alien--''.…”