Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, so I yield myself such time as I may consume. The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), rightly asserted that the Democrats did not, in fact, when they were in charge of the legislature in both Chambers, fix our broken immigration system. However, we did pass the DREAM Act. And given that this is football season and I think that my friend, the gentleman from Georgia, perhaps shares affinity for football, that while we did not in fact score a touchdown and fix our broken immigration system, at least the Democrats got a field goal when we were in charge. We are still waiting for the Republicans to match our field goal here if we can't score a touchdown with comprehensive immigration reform, and we look forward to improving these bills that have passed out of the committee before the asbestos bill, before the patent reform bill, and need the work of the full membership of this body to improve them. Legislation is not like a fine wine, that when it sits in a barrel it improves itself.…”