Hutchison's Statement in Response to Durbin

MRS. HUTCHISON: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY AS MINORS, NOT OF THEIR OWN DOING
WHO HAVE GONE TO AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS, GRADUATED AND WANT TO
GO TO AMERICAN COLLEGES, AND THEY ARE IN A LIMBO SITUATION. I
THINK WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT
IN A WAY THAT HELPS ASSIMILATE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A
COLLEGE EDUCATION INTO OUR COUNTRY. THEY HAVE LIVED HERE MOST
OF THEIR LIVES. IF WE SENT THEM HOME, THEY'RE -- THEY WOULDN'T
KNOW WHAT HOME IS. SO I THINK THERE IS A COMPASSIONATE REASON
FOR US TO TRY TO WORK THIS OUT. BUT I WILL SAY, MR. PRESIDENT,
IF WE CANNOT WORK ON A BIPARTISAN AMENDMENT, WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER CLOTURE VOTE, AS HAS BEEN PROMISED. I WILL VOTE AGAINST
THE DURBIN BILL. BUT IF WE CAN WORK ON A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION,
WE SHOULD TRY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SENATOR
DURBIN.