William H. Frist said "to respond through the Chair to the Democratic leader--and actually our colloquy, in essence, is to our colleagues--we recognize the importance, both of us, both sides of the aisle, of getting this bill to conference. We have passed a bill that reflected the will of the Senate. Not everyone agreed with it. I thought we had a very good process we should be proud of in terms of debate and amendment and allowing the people's will to be discussed and voted upon. The next step is getting to conference. We do not need to go into the technical aspects, but it is a challenge to get it there in a way that gives all of the guarantees, but with those guarantees the goal will be to have an immigration bill that stays on immigration. That is exactly what the Democratic leader and I are working on, and we are making progress in that regard." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 8, 2006

to respond through the Chair to the Democratic leader--and actually our colloquy, in essence, is to our colleagues--we recognize the importance, both of us, both sides of the aisle, of getting this bill to conference. We have passed a bill that reflected the will of the Senate. Not everyone agreed with it. I thought we had a very good process we should be proud of in terms of debate and amendment and allowing the people's will to be discussed and voted upon. The next step is getting to conference. We do not need to go into the technical aspects, but it is a challenge to get it there in a way that gives all of the guarantees, but with those guarantees the goal will be to have an immigration bill that stays on immigration. That is exactly what the Democratic leader and I are working on, and we are making progress in that regard.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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