Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to the legislation. I am disappointed that today we once again are discussing the continued Republican insistence that immigration is a Federal land emergency. I will continue to dispute this claim because instead of focusing on the root causes of our Nation's immigration crisis and challenges, my colleagues have chosen to double down on a distraction. I oppose this bill because it is a political stunt that will invite even more hateful anti-immigration rhetoric from the extreme MAGA wing of the Republican Party. The case of Floyd Bennett Field does not represent a threat to our public lands. Rather, it encapsulates the humanitarian crisis that we are facing caused by failed immigration policies from the past administration and from the failure of Congress to take any action to reform a broken immigration system. The crisis can be solved but only with real comprehensive immigration reform. Madam Chair, former President Trump, as I understand it, is still the frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination. News flash: Nothing has changed.…”