Senators Chuck Schumer’s (D., N.Y.) prediction that the House of Representatives will have no choice but to pass the Gang of Eight immigration bill by the end of the year is flat wrong, Congressman Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) said Sunday.

“I was moved, almost to the point of tears, by Senator Schumer’s concern for the future prospects of the Republican party, but we’re going to not take his advice,” Gowdy said. “Our framers gave us two legislative bodies, and I assume that they did it for a reason.”

The Senate bill is not going to pass the House for “myriad reasons,” Gowdy said. The House will continue to “work [its] will” by passing separate pieces of legislation (four in the last few weeks).

“We’re making progress, and we will continue to do so,” he said. “I’m more interested in getting it right than [in] doing it on Senator Schumer’s schedule.”

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