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That was in the cornyn amendment, and that was a poison pill. you took away that. this is almost overkill, senator corker said that himself, but senator corker is a good man, and i know john hoeven from the time we served as governors together. he's a very good man. i think this bill is necessary. we want the path to citizenship. the only way realistically we're going to get the path to citizenship is to agree to a tough border enforcement bill that's practical and workable, and i think we've got it. and listen, when it goes -- we need to get at least 75 votes i think in the senate. so when it...

The cornyn amendment says the path to citizenship begins when we know that we have 100% awareness of the border and 90% interdiction. it doesn't start otherwise. what this does -- >> not a matter of what resouerss you put in, it's the results that you get. >> you've got to mesh sure a that you've actually stopped the river and you've turned it into a trickle. what the argument of the others is in the corker amendment is know that's going to be a goal. a goal is meaningless. it's got to to be a guarantee. i think it ought to hinge entirely on that. if it's a goal, i would oppose the bill. if it...

Particularly early on unattainable or undocumentable. so i think that would have -- that was in the cornyn amendment and that was a poison pill. you took away that. this is almost overkill, senator corker said that himself, but senator cork ser a good man and i know john hoeven from the sim we served as governors together. he's a very good man. i think this bill is necessary. we want the path to citizenship. the only way realistically we're going to get the path to citizenship is to agree to a tough border enforcement bill that's practical and workable, and i think we've got it. and listen, wh...

Hanky-panky in the conference. where it's watered down and jammed through the house. this has to be a bill we're proud to enforce for the next 50 years. any way, thank you so much for joining us and good luck with it. joining us now is ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. governor, it sounds like he's on the right track. it sounds like a tough proposal. i'm wondering whether the liberal side of this equation will accept what looks to be a darn tough approach to enforcement. >> i think we will, chris, for two reasons. number one, because it took away the requirement that we reach 90% ...

Provisions on steroids. but it doesn't really impact that pathway to citizenship. >> alan, i want to go back to you. this has gotten a pretty icy reception in the house so far. do you think this gives republicans enough political cover? >> well, as mark was just talking about, one of the things that they are really interested in is requiring that certain measurements of border security are reached before anybody can get on the pathway to citizenship. john cornyn, that's the essence of his amendment that was just tabled a little while ago. that's something that republicans in the house are dema...