mr. chairman , i thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding .  i hope we can find an opportunity to find common agreement .  let me just say that my colleagues need to understand that the administration believes in this structured agreement , a totalization agreement , because they understand that when americans are overseas working and getting benefits , that they would like those americans to ensure that their benefits go with them .  that is the same relationship we should have with mexico , that when workers are here , their benefits gained here should follow them to mexico .  i would oppose any language that would deny that right .  i think the question of whether or not they are documented or undocumented , the administration needs to make that determination .  i do not know if my colleagues are going to thwart the administration 's desire to find some common ground on immigration .  if this language says that it is consistent with federal law , then i hope that this congress will work with the administration so that we will not be embarrassed internationally by denying nationals of another country their well-gained rights or benefits that they have gained working .  we would not want that to happen to us .  i will listen further to the debate .  i raise a concern that they are denying those who are working their well-earned benefits .  one thing we can stand for is you deserve your pension rights , you deserve your social security rights , you deserve your uninsurance rights , your health care rights , and it should not be taken away from you .  nevertheless , i hope my friends on the other side do not do that .  if the language does not do that , i would say to my colleagues that if this is a good resolution , we certainly will join in with it .  