Jeff Lungren Quotes (9 Quotes)

I would expect that the House will forcefully advocate for those provisions. I would say its prospects look fairly good.

You send exactly the wrong message. You essentially treat as suckers everyone that follows the law, that waits patiently outside of this country to come here legally.

We have a tentative agreement. We don't expect anything to be changed.

Because it treats one person differently, there's a special, strict scrutiny a private bill undergoes to ensure the integrity of the House, because it's such a powerful tool.

We're looking into the issue. No final decision has been made on whether having hearings is an appropriate action.

If someone has better language to get at this problem, he's certainly open to it.

It's on the top of the agenda. We've got strong bipartisan support. We want to make sure the legislation is right, especially with constitutional issues.

There is a lot of new information in there, and members will no doubt want to follow up on it.

It is a push by bankruptcy opponents to try and delay the implementation, more so than a good-faith effort to help Katrina victims.