Remember that the 9/11 hijackers had multiple validly issued state driver's licenses among them, and that's how they got on the airplanes. That is what we were trying to stop by changing the provisions in the conference report, and I regret that we failed. But I can assure you that this issue is not going to go away.
Sensenbrenner emphasizes the importance of addressing driver's licenses for immigrants in the context of national security.
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I think that this markup has been a lot better than it could have been, and I think the chairman has been probably very evenhanded on that.
I'm not going to be on this committee in the next Congress. I am going to put my feet up and become a 'senior, statesman.'
Wouldn't that be up to somebody on the other side of the issue to say that this is not proven?
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