Political Quotes

“Madam President, some critics will not be surprised people around here are using the same old, tired talking points in an effort to delay and kill this bill altogether. But the people of Colorado know better and the people across this country know better. They know that passing this bill is critical to strengthening our country's borders. It will make us safer, add to our security, aligning our immigration system with the needs not of a 20th century economy or a 19th century economy but of the 21st century economy our children are expecting us to build and honoring our heritage of a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. That is why a growing number of Americans support fixing our broken immigration system and 70 percent support a tough but fair pathway to citizenship. That is what is contained in this bill. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the days and weeks ahead to find ways we can even improve this bill and, at the end of the day, pass legislation that will make us stronger as a nation and better serve the next generation of Americans and the generation after that. Since our founding, there are a number of aspects that have made us spectacular as a country, but there are two that are hard to find anywhere else. We are a nation that subscribes to the rule of law and we are a nation of immigrants.…”