Political Quotes

“As a member of the committee of jurisdiction, I have been trying to work in a bipartisan effort with this bill. I want to support this bill even though it has an $85.6 billion price tag. But sadly, the fact is that, just trying to do some of those little things that the American people want us to move forward, commonsense things, like making sure that the $85.6 billion, that no portion of that is going in to financing illegal behavior such as illegal employment, sadly, the Rules Committee has said we don't have time to bother with assuring the American people that their money is not going to be spent in the commission of a crime of illegal employment. It is bad enough, Madam Speaker, that we have a bill that does not specifically require anyone who gets Federal funds or Federal grant guarantees to do the thing that you and I do as Members of Congress, the Federal Government does, that every contractor does since President Obama has mandated; this bill doesn't require that the recipients of Federal funds under this program have to make sure they check the employment status of somebody before they start paying them with Federal funds. Common decency. But what is worse than that, Madam Speaker, is the Rules Committee has denied both sides of the aisle the ability to vote on this issue.”