Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to consideration of Calendar No. 497, H.R. 915. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 915) to establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to protect United States border cities and communities from trans-national crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill which has been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) overriding mission is to lead a unified national effort to protect the United States.…”