Pete Sessions: “on the Vitter amendment, I thank Senator Vitter for his amendment. Yesterday, Senator Dorgan offered an amendment to…”

“on the Vitter amendment, I thank Senator Vitter for his amendment. Yesterday, Senator Dorgan offered an amendment to remove the guest worker program in its entirety, and I supported that because I believed it was flawed. Eventually, last night, we came back with an amendment that pretty much fixed it, that whole guest worker program, which I thought was good. I think Senator Vitter's amendment points out and allows us to focus on the fact that this amnesty provision in the bill or regularization provision in the bill--whatever the fair way to describe it is--also has serious flaws. By supporting this amendment, it would be my intention to say let's make it better because I do believe we are not going to reject the people who are here and try to eject all of those people who have come illegally. We need to treat them in a decent and fair and caring way. But also the rule of law is important. I think we ought not to develop a procedure that essentially provides every benefit to someone who came illegally that we would provide to those who come legally. So I will be supporting the amendment. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.”