[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, very briefly, we have in this most important 
debate two veterans of the Senate, to say the least, Senators Specter 
and Leahy, who will be managing this bill. I agree with the 
distinguished majority leader. This debate should be dignified. People 
have very strong feelings about issues. I look forward to some very 
pronounced debate and voting.
  We have had a lot of talk about the need to do immigration. Now is 
the opportunity to see what we can do. I met with my staff today, and I 
asked them to prioritize our amendments. We worked through some of 
those, which ones we want to offer first, second, third. I am sure that 
has been done on the majority side also. So I hope with Senator Specter 
and Senator Leahy leading the charge that we can move forward very 
quickly.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I am going to make a few comments on a 
separate issue. Then we will come straight back to the immigration bill 
and how we can best handle the debate over the course of today.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is recognized.

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