Political Quotes

“I wish to speak about the immigration bill we passed a couple weeks ago. It was a significant achievement. I have already congratulated all of those in the so-called Gang of 8 who put together the initial draft. It was an example of bipartisanship and recognizing that the other fellow has a point of view--that you respect that--and then you work out your differences. That was an example of the Senate at its finest and what we ought to be doing on every piece of legislation around here. The final result: 68 votes to 32 votes. Its prospects we know not what because of the different approach in the House and the inability on so many things we have passed here to go to the conference committee to iron out the differences between the House and the Senate. So I am very appreciative, and I have given my congratulations to all of those who have participated in that immigration bill. There is a huge flaw. It is a huge flaw in not recognizing that when we want to secure the border, as supposedly was done in order to gain 14 Republican votes to get us to the huge vote of 68 votes for the bill, a major amount of money was added for border security. That is not the flaw. Some may question the amount of money. Indeed, there was $6.5 billion in the initial Gang of 8 compromise for border security. But when it came with the Corker-Hoeven amendment, there was $46.3 billion more, of which over $44 billion was for border security.…”