Political Quotes

“I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized. Border Security Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, one dollar--one dollar--that is the amount that the Speaker of the House said she would be willing to invest in physical barriers at our southern border--one dollar. Talk about serious, good-faith negotiations. Talk about taking borders seriously. The men and women on the ground have been unambiguous about the crisis they are facing: the entry of criminal aliens and gang members into our country, the drugs that go on to infect our communities, the ongoing humanitarian crises that are fueled by our government's mixed signals and our inability to enforce our own laws. According to Speaker Pelosi, these urgent issues are worth about 33 cents each--33 cents. As we all know, that is because the Speaker has recently defined a brandnew dogma for the Democratic Party: Actually enforcing our immigration laws with the help of physical barriers is ``an immorality''--an immorality. That is quite the indictment of her fellow Democrats' past positions.…”