WASHINGTON — Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) rejected the notion on Friday that House Republicans will feel pressure — even a little — to pass immigration reform just because the Senate passed a sweeping bill on Thursday.
“The assumption that because there’s a Senate bill, the House will feel the pressure, individual members of the House will feel pressure to support that bill, frankly just is not accurate,” he said at an event hosted by Bloomberg Government and the National Restaurant Association. “I think the real pressure is the pressure to fix an immigration system that’s broken.”
Diaz-Balart and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), two members of a House group working on a comprehensive reform bill, said at the event that their efforts haven’t stalled, despite a setback earlier this month when Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) dropped out of negotiations. Diaz-Balart is a strong supporter of immigration reform, and said he remains optimistic the House can get it done. But they’re not discussing details, or how their bill might differ from the “gang of eight” bill that passed the Senate, or when the legislation will be released.
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