Political Quotes

“my amendment moves $40 million from the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management and $60 million from the Office of the Under Secretary of Management to construction under Customs and Border Patrol towards building a wall, a fence on our southern border. It sets up $100 million, $40 million from the one category and $60 million from the other category. This is a simple concept, Mr. Chairman. I have this demonstration here of just simply a precast concrete foundation that would be set in with a trencher and slip-form machine that would leave a slot in here. One could then take tongue-and-groove panels that would be 13\1/2\ feet long by 6 inches thick and drop them in here. It is a very fast and efficient construction method and a relatively cheap construction method. It is installable, it is removable, and it is impregnable, at least with the things we are seeing on the border today. I have taken a number of trips down to the border, have spent a number of nights on the border, and have observed what is going on down there; and I am be absolutely convinced that we will never get operational control of our border unless we are able to put in a human barrier that will be effective. There are $60 billion worth of illegal drugs that are coming across our southern border; and no matter what we do to put in a vehicle barrier or put another 6,000 Border Patrol troops down there, they will still infiltrate through.…”