Political Quotes

“The amendment that I offer is an amendment that directs that, of the funds made available in the bill, there's a $150 million category, roughly, well, one-third of it, or, specifically, $50 million, shall be used to carry out section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which is the governing statute that directs that a fence be built on our southern border. We've watched as the Congress has directed that the Secure Fence Act be passed, that the fence be built, and we've watched the last two administrations be less than enthusiastic about its construction. We heard President Obama standing within about, let's say, 220 yards of the Rio Grande River in El Paso a month or more ago saying that he believed that the fence was basically complete, to quote the President. {time} 2320 ``Basically complete,'' by his definition, would mean this: Of the 700 miles directed by this Congress, that's 14.3 miles only of tertiary fencing. That's three fences, which, as far as I know, is the most effective way. We only have 36.3 miles of secondary, or double fencing, Mr. Chairman. Then if you want to really stretch this out and give them a lot of credit for building something, they have about 350 miles of primary fencing. That's less than half the minimum amount of secure fence, which takes, I believe, double fencing. The vehicle fence is 299 miles. They haven't done what was directed by Congress.…”