Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, being from Arizona, this issue is very important to me, and it has been for years. I am glad that my Democratic colleagues are finally acknowledging that there is a crisis at the border, because we have known there was a crisis for, what, 20 years now, and it keeps growing and growing. The reason I say that: I know, today, everyone is standing up and saying, ``Let's help everyone.'' And I am glad of that, but it wasn't that long ago, on national TV, that Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer went in front of the public and said: This is a manufactured crisis. Trump and the Republicans are making it all up. Well, if anyone goes to the border, like I have gone to the border, you will see that it is a real crisis and it is growing each and every day. That is why President Trump asked for humanitarian aid on May 1. Then, the Department of Homeland Security and HHS sent all of us this letter--all of us Congressmen and Congresswomen--saying: We need help now. We are running out of funds. This is a crisis. So, the Republicans made motion after motion after motion--17 times-- asking for humanitarian aid. And what did my Democrat colleagues do? They said no. No. They rejected every one. So, here I am in Rules Committee last night--it is almost midnight-- and we thought we were going to vote on this bill, on the humanitarian aid. Nope. Pulled out. Nope. I guess they couldn't get the votes over on the Democratic side. So, then they did a change.…”