Mitch Mitchell Mitch mcconnell. Well get an update. One of President Trump pressures priorities is infrastructure spending. Laser a conversation on election security. White house budget director Mick Mulvaney will be on capitol hill to take questions from lawmakers on President Trumps 2019 bug request. Live coverage from the nat Budget Committee begins tuesday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Cspan3 the head of the cia, mike pompeo, the director of national intelligence, dan coates, and the head of the nsa, mike rogers, trove about global terror threats. Watch live coverage on cspan. Org and with the free chance radio app. The senate voted to consider immigration, daca and Border Security legislation. The vote was 971. Before the vote, a number of senators came to the senate floor to talk about their immigration priorities. Well begin with senate major writ leader mitch mcconnell. Senator mcconnell spoke briefly about but buts budget and infrastructure proposals before turning to immigration policy. Jibing President Trump will but forward his budget. The bipartisan Funding Agreement now in place, congress and me white house can working to to begin rebuilding our military, improve care for veterans, and tackle other urgent matters from Disaster Relief to the fight against drug addiction. I especially person the president s focus on improving americas infrastructure. The quality of our countrys infrastructure affects everything from hour longterm Economic Future to working americans every day routine. As of 2016 nearly one in ten bridges in the nation is structurally deficient. The average commuter loses 42 hours per year to delays. And the average age of our inland waterways can locks and dams, is over 50 years old inch kentucky we sim tons of coal, infrastructural products and other cargo on more than 1900 miles of inland waterways. The problem runs deeper than dollars and cents. American workers build skyscrapers in less time than our government spends reviewing, reviewing, not even billing, but reviewing, plans for new bridges and stretches of highway. So im particularly happy that the president is proposing to eliminate regulatoriy barriers and stream line longe permitting processes. Historically, infrastructure has been an area of bipartisan cooperation. Our last three highway bills passed with large bipartisan majority, averaging more than 80 yes votes. So did our last three bills and the last faa bills. I hope we can build on this record and make bipartisan progress on this subject. Now on another matter. As i repeatedly state, now that theres an agreement on longterm government funding, the senate will proceed to a fair debate over the daca issue, Border Security and other matters pertaining to the subject of immigration. This process begins in just a few hours. Well vote to proceed to an unrelated neutral house passed bill that will serve as a vehicle for any legislation that succeeds here in the senate. As i repeated many times ill sheen sure a fair amendment process gives senators a opportunity to present propole sals for consideration and votes. I hope we can make progress towarding secure the borer, reforming immigration policy and achieving a resolution for individuals brought to our country illegally when they were young. The American People have heard no shortage of rhetoric on this issue. Theyve heard many of my colleague across the aisle insist this issue requires swift action. Now is the time to back up the talk with the hard work of finding a workable solution. That means finding an agreement that can pass the senate, pass the house, and which the president will sign. Not just making a point. A number of my colleagues, senator grassley, corn anyone, tillis, purdue, langford, cotton and anti, will crow dues a balanced proposaha