Our own Congressional Budget Office has done a 10-year economic projection, as they do every year. They did this in January, unconnected to immigration. They found in the second 5 years of our 10- year window, 2018 to 2023, we would only…

So, Mr. President, I would say this bill fails at point after point after point after point. It is not a bill that reflects a commitment to a lawful system of immigration in the future. We will admit dramatically more people than we ever…

I ask unanimous consent to have 1 additional minute, Mr. President. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Once again, yielding to the gentleman's question, I appreciate the gentleman not only coming to the floor, but making sure that we work together on an understanding of what the final package will look like. I will state once again, and I…

If the gentleman will yield under his reservation, with the adoption of this modification of the explanation of waivers, I would say to him that what is contained in the report is going to be accurate. What was printed the other day as the…

I would like to express my appreciation to Senator Chambliss. This is one of the least-discussed but more important parts of our bill, ag provisions. He has delineated weakness after weakness in this process. The idea is he had to…

one more thing. First, I agree with Senator Johnson. I offered an amendment on the earned-income tax credit in committee--and four of the Gang of 8 Members are on the committee-- and they all voted that down, as I recall, even though they…

I see Senator King from Maine here. I will only talk for a minute. I will share some thoughts later about where I see the difficulties with the immigration bill. I would say that for the vast majority of the people who will be legalized or…

we will have a vote before much longer on the question of whether the legislation before us violates the budget. I think that is going to be established quite clearly. The chairman of the Budget Committee, Senator Murray--and I am the…

we just saw on the news today that the GDP for the first quarter, according to the Wall Street Journal, was revised downward dramatically from previous estimates. I am not saying there is anything wrong with their accounting, but they go…

I thank the Presiding Officer for his courtesy. So those will get the welfare within 5 years. That is where we are. I appreciate the work that a lot of people have put into this legislation. People have worked hard on it. They have a…

I ask unanimous consent, Mr. President, for an additional 2 minutes and I will wrap up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.