Political Quotes

“I regretfully stand up today in opposition to this bill, and it is not because of major portions of the bill. I want to say first of all, I want to thank the chairman for his effort here in getting as much of a bipartisan bill as possible. He worked hard on this, and not just this bill, but I think through the entire years he has been chair, he has really made an effort to do what a lot of people talk about in this town but very few are willing to do, and that is make that bipartisan effort. Sadly, Madam Chair, I have to oppose this bill for one major issue, and that is this bill does not take the effort to make sure that the billions of dollars in this bill do not go to illegal employers who are creating a crime problem in my district and around this country. All we have asked for is the ability to assure our constituency that none of the tax money that we are putting into this bill at this effort will be diverted into illegal activities such as hiring people who are not legally present in the United States.”