Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, yield myself such time as I may consume. Again, we are all for investigations. Two investigations are already going on; one by the office of Inspector General; one by DHS. I wrote a letter, along with Representative Chris Smith, to the DHS Secretary Chad Wolf last week, saying: Please investigate this, get back to us. The problem that I have with this resolution is that it also condemns ICE, just based on allegations that haven't even been investigated. The findings haven't been done yet. So how can you condemn an agency based on allegations that haven't even been proven yet? That is the point. That is what Mr. Scott was trying to say. There are opposing viewpoints. One side said this happened, another said it didn't. So last night, in addition, in Rules Committee, I said: Why don't we postpone this resolution until October 9? Give it a week. Let's go through committee and find out what is exactly going on. Let's have DHS come in. But, no, they opposed that, too. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), my good friend.”