Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have a true crisis--a humanitarian crisis, a national security crisis--right now on our southern border. It is a huge tragedy that my Democratic colleagues want to ignore, and that tragedy has spread across our Nation--crime; victims of human trafficking, many of them children; a fentanyl epidemic killing our young people; chaos--all fueled by a lawless border. Secure borders work. Walls work. Just ask the Biden administration, as they are quietly building sections of the wall in Arizona right now. The Democrats' partisan reconciliation bill does nothing--nothing--to address this crisis. Instead, it gives DHS $500 million for sustainability and environmental programs when our kids are dying from drugs streaming in from the border, when our communities are under siege. This should not be the priority for DHS. My amendment would take this half a billion dollars and recommit it-- this DHS money--to building the wall and securing our border, which is DHS's primary mission, not environmental programs. I ask that all my colleagues vote yes on this commonsense amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.”