[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H536]
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 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER MODIFICATION TO NADLER AMENDMENT TO REAL 
                             ID ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this time to explain a 
unanimous consent request I am about to make.
  Mr. Speaker, I regret I must request unanimous consent to amend my 
amendment, which I am going to offer later, but the process the 
majority has chosen to use is, to say the least, unfair. The rule makes 
in order virtually a new bill, which we did not get to see until after 
the deadline for submitting amendments to the Committee on Rules.
  There was no opportunity to draft our amendments to reflect the bill 
that we are now considering. My amendment would strike section 101 from 
the bill as amended by the manager's amendment. But the manager's 
amendment adds a provision to which we do not object, namely, raising 
the cap on asylum adjustments. This unanimous consent request would 
change my amendment so as not to change this good provision added at 
the last minute by the chairman. If we had seen the manager's amendment 
before the Committee on Rules deadline, this request would not be 
necessary.

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  If the majority is sincere in wanting a fair process, there should be 
no reason to object to this unanimous consent request. This unanimous 
consent request would not have been necessary if we had seen the 
manager's amendment before the rules deadline.

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