Ed Case: “It is fundamentally unfair to renegotiate these Compacts unless the legitimate concerns of states... are addressed.”

Certainly, he was speaking to the hopes and fears and concerns of a good solid chunk of the electorate out there.

I read this amendment carefully, and what I saw in this amendment and the policy choices that it engages have nothing to do with what I just heard from the proponent of this amendment, so let me deal with the merits of this amendment as it…

the Federal Government's total expenditures are closing in on $3 billion or in that range in totality.

it must not be, need not be, and will not be at the expense of ICE reform. We sacrifice none of that mandate to reform ICE by passing this bill today. Finally, I say to our Department of Homeland Security employees out there who have…