Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from California, who has been a tremendous leader in the fight to fix our broken immigration system, for his heartfelt comments. I wanted to quote from last week a Wall Street Journal op-ed that criticized the Republicans' failure to act. It is not every day that The Wall Street Journal criticizes Republicans with harsh words. It is kind of one of those ``man bites dog'' stories, but they didn't mince words. The Wall Street Journal wrote: Republicans have killed immigration reform for now, but a recent study shows in the real economy it is needed. The irony is that many Republicans who support handouts to farmers oppose reforms that wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime and would help the economy. So rather than help farmers succeed in the private sector by hiring employees they want, the Republicans are seeking to keep them on the public dole, giving them taxpayer money rather than allowing them to operate in the marketplace and sell their products at the market. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the Senate comprehensive bill, which H.R. 15 is based on, would raise wages for Americans by $470 billion, create an average of 120,000 jobs for American citizens, and increase the growth of our GDP by 3.3 percent. Polls continue to show that vast majorities of the American people support immigration reform--Republicans, Independents, Democrats, every demographic, every State supports immigration reform.…”