sham mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with and i be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i ask further unanimous consent that my defense fellow, major bobby j. cox being be allowed floor privileges for the remainder of the week. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. chambliss: i rise today to address the dire national security situation and the responsibility of this body to pass a national defense authorization bill this yearme . congress has passed this legislation for each of the last 51 years always with broad bipartisan support. this year should be no different. our servicemen and women are deployed around the globe in defense of our nation. to put them in harm s way, to further the american principles of freedom and democracy. yet we have failed to provide these men and women and our
immigration reform and you heard them explaining how republicans are urging comprehensive immigration reform. before i go to the next speaker, madam speaker, how much time do we still have? the speaker pro tempore: you have 18 minutes. ardard with that, i mr. cardenas: with that, i yield time to mr. garcia of florida. i d like to thank the gentleman from california. madam speaker, it s been 20 days since the senate passed overwhelmingly bipartisan immigration reform bill. in the house judiciary committee, we have been considering we have considered four controversial bills, none of which address the 11 million people that are already here. in south florida, for example, there are thousands of ven wail d families stuck in an immigration system with illegal or undocumented status. they have fleed and purchased homes and invested millions in our committee. earlier this year, i introduced a bill, which would allow any .esident of venezuela this is similar to what congress pas
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