Mike Collins: “Yes, we have the right to pass a bill here in the House, as the gentleman just said. But we have the right to actually…”

“Yes, we have the right to pass a bill here in the House, as the gentleman just said. But we have the right to actually pass a good bill, not a political stunt. Why should we do this? I remember back in 2014--we are getting nostalgic in this place--when the crisis began. President Obama said there was a crisis. We all agreed. In fact, the majority stayed an extra week because we couldn't craft a bill. We finally crafted that bill, and it was a bipartisan bill that passed with both parties voting for it. The money was delivered because we knew that it mattered. It was amazing to me, just a few weeks ago on this floor, one of my colleagues came across, Madam Speaker, from Texas and said: We can't vote for the funding that the President has asked for. Give us some time to work it out and begin to work to make sure we get a good bill. Well, we had a 5-hour bill. Is that time to work it out, Madam Speaker? Was that putting it all together and getting it right? Or was it lining up every constituency group and saying, ``Did we get a little piece of this?'' so we could go back home and show that we are standing for something while, at the same time, Madam Speaker, ignoring our Border Patrol agents, ignoring those who put their lives on the line every day? Here is the problem. It is amazing that we ignore--though, I have to admit that I have to say one thing is good: I came to the floor tonight and heard there is a crisis on the border. Amazing. We have had progress.…”