Political Quotes

“nearly every day, Republicans come to this floor to tell us how much they care about the border and how much they believe in border security. Yet--and yet--when they have an opportunity to do something about it, they don't just balk; they run for the hills. If you care about securing the border, then you actually have to pass legislation that secures the border. It doesn't secure itself by itself. Our statutes are outdated. Our Border Patrol doesn't have enough resources. You have to change the law. You have to put more resources on the border. That is what the bipartisan border security bill did. I regret the fact that all but four Republicans voted against it after they requested that we engage in a bipartisan process to develop that border security bill, after they demanded that we pass bipartisan border security legislation. But because we believe that this issue is so important--because the American people believe that securing our border and compassionately treating those who arrive at our border is such an important issue--we are going to bring this bill back for another vote tomorrow. We are going to give Republicans a second chance to do what they say they want to do: work across the aisle in a bipartisan way to provide more resources to control our southwest border.…”