Political Quotes

“With due respect, our desire that we are placing before you is to have a debate about immigration. Mr. Speaker, not 1 hour, not half an hour, not 10 minutes, not 1 minute of floor time for the last entire year and a half has been scheduled for debate on this important topic: replacing our immigration system with one that works. There is no desire to embellish or debate through motions. There is an earnest desire to debate the merits of the bill. We can accomplish that in three ways here, Mr. Speaker: We can defeat the previous question and bring up immigration reform; the continued enthusiasm from my colleagues can convince Mr. Bishop to allow for the unanimous consent request to bring up H.R. 15; or, third, my colleagues can sign the discharge petition now at the desk, and once that petition receives 218 votes, it will advance immediately to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Lujan Grisham) for a unanimous consent request.”