Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's passion, and appreciate him bringing these things out. And this is something we have sent President Trump, and I am going to say tonight, I implore President Trump--in fact, I am going to challenge President Trump to reconvene this Congress at the beginning of the August recess. And I would do it every recess from here on out until this body comes to grips and solves this problem in a bipartisan, bicameral way; because, if you don't do that, Congress will run out. Like the gentleman said, they are going to go fundraise. They are going to get ready for the next election and tell everybody how great they did, yet this problem is getting worse. President Trump, you can do this. It hasn't been done since 1948. That was President Truman, and he did what was best for this body. I can tell you one thing. When you invade the personal time of Members of Congress, you get their attention. I think it is time we do that. I, for one, will stay here. I think this needs to be done. This is such a critical issue. At this time, I would like to go over a couple more facts, these numbers, the sources, total CBP enforcement, Custom Border Patrol. Apprehensions in 2017, total for the year was 526,901. 2018, that number--because the word had gotten out. The drug cartels are very good business people, unfortunately. They are not ethical people. They are not people I would want to have next to us. I don't want them in my country.…”