Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would say, first of all, that neither the gentleman from Massachusetts nor the one from Chicago can quote any anti- immigrant statements from anybody over on this side. That is their tired rhetoric. It is not a fact. What is a fact is we initiated a lawsuit called Crane v. Napolitano clear back when these first unconstitutional acts were delivered by the President. He clearly has violated the Constitution. I don't actually think there is any worthy debate to the contrary, and this Congress has voted three times--three times--to shut off the funding or to eliminate the President's lawless, unconstitutional actions, Mr. Speaker. That includes June of 2013, King amendment, and very similar language in August of 2014 and January of 2015. So I wanted to announce to this Congress that we will stand on the Constitution. This Congress cannot send a message to ratify the President's lawless actions. We must defend the Constitution because that is our oath, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. His oath is to take care to faithfully execute the laws, and instead, he has done the opposite. So we have pro-amnesty people on the other side. I will support the rule, the Brooks amendment, but I will not support the NDAA if the amendment fails. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr.…”