Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of my colleague from New Jersey. No. 1, I still have not heard what the issue is with a resolution that sounds like 99 other Senators are OK with, with regard to holding General Secretary Xi accountable. I haven't heard my colleague say what the concern is with it. It seems to me that we have the opportunity right now, between the two of us, if we need to make a change, maybe we can make a change. But I would like to get something done today. No. 2, as we know, the TPS program is a temporary program. It is not operated as a temporary program, and it has to be reformed. I agree with my colleague from New Jersey. I would like the President to say that the Venezuelans would get TPS right now, but I think the White House's position is that we have to fix the program because the program doesn't work. It is not a temporary program. That is why my fix--because what a lot of Senators keep saying--they want to say that we have to take back power we have given to the President. My resolution does that. The President can still do TPS, but after he does, if he wants to extend it, it has to come back to Congress, and we need to make a decision. It is pretty common sense. If we did that right now, we could get TPS for Venezuelans. The Senator from New Jersey has blocked my bill. It is a bill with Senator Rubio to hold Maduro accountable by prohibiting Federal agencies from doing business with anyone who supports the oppressive Maduro regime.…”