Political Quotes

“Mr. President, if I recall--and I could be wrong on this-- the number that had been deployed to Arizona roughly in 2005 or 2006--I do not recall the exact year--was about 2,600. It was not quite 3,000. Obviously, we needed everyone we could get. Eventually, a lot of those troops were then deployed to Iraq, I believe. In any event, we all--the Governor and the rest of us--were distressed when they were finally pulled out. I think 2,600 or something pretty close to that was the number and that Senator McCain believes 3,000 would be the appropriate number under the circumstances that exist today. Mr. McCAIN. I think 3,000. I know we are taking a lot of my colleagues' time. I ask my colleagues and the American people to understand what we are facing in Arizona. I ask the American people and my colleagues to understand the frustration that the Governor and the legislature of Arizona felt about the conditions we have tried to describe on the floor of the Senate that exist, that cry out for Federal intervention, that they did not receive that assistance from the Federal Government so, therefore, they acted. That law, by the way, upon examination certainly does not call for racial profiling. In fact, it expressly prohibits it. I would urge my colleagues to read the law. I have a copy and would be glad to provide them a copy of it.…”