Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding and for bringing forth this great bill to protect Americans. Over the last few days, I have heard more lies about the immigration crisis at our southern border than any other issue since ObamaCare. Mr. Speaker, you remember ObamaCare. We promised that you could keep your own insurance company, promised you can keep your own doctor, and promised it would cost less. These were all lies, but the lies about immigration are even greater this year. This week I heard a Member across the aisle in an apparent theatric and disingenuous gesture of good will falsely refer to me as being his friend as he hurled lie after lie denigrating my colleagues and me. Although I do have friends on the other side of the aisle, this is not my kind of friend. He hurled lie after lie and insult after insult as he theatrically appealed to those listening or watching on this House floor--which incidentally is against the rules of the House, and I am surprised the Speaker did not call him out of order--as he referred to my colleagues and me as MAGA Republican extremists. Some people are called Trump phobic. They can't say Trump's name without Republican extremist attached to it. He claimed that we didn't want to solve the crisis at the border.…”