[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MOTION TO RECOMMIT AGREED TO

  (Mr. CANTOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I want to respond to some of the comments 
that were just made by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle; 
notably, ``how quickly we forget.''
  Also what the majority leader just said about our anger, and he 
understands our anger. Well, you know what? I don't think he 
understands our anger when he says it does no good to repeat the last 
12 years of our feeling aggrieved. Because I can assure you that never 
once did we in the majority attempt to steal a vote, attempt to steal a 
vote to make sure, to make sure that illegal immigrants, to make sure 
that our position, the Republican position to defeat the ability for 
benefits to flow to illegal immigrants. That is what this is about.
  So, Mr. Speaker, as the whip said before me, the gentleman from New 
York admits a mistake and apologizes. We accept that apology. It was a 
bad call.
  But the price to pay for that bad call should be to admit that the 
motion to recommit passed, the bill should go back to committee, the 
committee does its work, and the bill comes back to the floor.

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