[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14433]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I welcome all of our colleagues back 
and the staff who are in the room and others.
  As the majority leader indicated, we are in the middle of a big, 
challenging, contentious issue. There are many amendments pending. In 
fact, over 80 are filed at the desk. A lot of work has been done over 
the recess in terms of some of those amendments, and it is my hope that 
some of them can be disposed of without rollcall votes. It is also my 
hope that during today's session, the managers will be prepared to set 
up votes on the pending amendments so we can continue to make progress 
on the bill tomorrow.
  This is a very significant piece of legislation, as we all know. We 
need to have the maximum opportunity for the largest number of 
amendments to be considered before we entertain the notion of shutting 
down debate on this important measure. It is quite possibly the most 
significant measure we will be dealing with this Congress, and we need 
to make sure all Senators feel that they have had an opportunity to 
offer their amendments and that those amendments have had a shot at 
being considered.
  I encourage people on both sides of the aisle to come on over. Let's 
make sure we have plenty of amendments in the queue and have a full day 
working on this bill beginning tomorrow.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.

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