Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am interested in the interpretation of the term ``meaningful opportunity.'' I tried a lot of cases in my career. I did both prosecution and criminal defense extensively. I can tell you what a meaningful opportunity would be as counsel. It would be sitting there with my client face-to-face, getting all the information possible. If the intention was to include, specifically, a simple phone call, that is what should have been put in here. That is what should have been put in this bill, but it wasn't. So, when I read it, I think of places I have been to all along the border, having grown up in southern Arizona, and I have taken and led many congressional delegations over the last 3\1/2\ years. I think of the Antelope Wells Port of Entry. I think about that being about a 4-hour drive for the Customs and Border Protection officers that manned that or worked there, that staffed that. I think, well, what is the communications like there? It is not good. It is not good. It is extremely remote. The nearest town on the Mexican side of the border is 60 miles away. The nearest town on the New Mexico side of that border is Lordsburg, which is about a good 1.5- to 2-hour drive away itself. If you really wanted to get to narrow this, this bill should have been narrowed, but it wasn't narrowed. I think of Naco, that little port of entry in southern Arizona. I think of Douglas.…”