[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5325-5326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, first before I get into the substance 
here tonight, on behalf of myself, Mr. McCain, the Presiding Officer, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Graham, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Flake, we are introducing comprehensive immigration reform. Bottom 
line, a lot of work went into this bill, and I want to thank all of the 
staffs who have been up until now allowing us to introduce this bill as 
we promised in this legislative day. We are undergirded by the fact 
that Americans will be fair, balanced, and filled with common sense for 
legal immigrants and the 11 million here living in the shadows, as long 
as they believe we will not have future waves of illegal immigration. I 
believe our bill meets that test.
  So I would like to thank everybody, including the great floor staff 
who waited very late tonight. I would like to thank my friend, 
colleague, and roommate, Senator Durbin, for staying up this late, and 
Leon Fresco, Stephanie Martz and all of our staffs who

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worked so hard on this great legislation whose voyage begins now.

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