Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I would point out the distinction that the ranking member defines as without a difference, without a distinction. There is a difference, and the distinction is that the previous amendment said no new construction and no renovation on existing bases. My amendment says no funds can be used to even negotiate any provisions nor do new construction or renovation. None of the resources can be used. {time} 1730 Mine actually blocks the President's policy as opposed to catching up on the other end of it. But the important point of it is this. We have a President, an administrative policy that has defied the rule of law. He has even refused to enforce the laws that he has signed, and then put the welcome mat down in, especially, Central America. We have reports of planes lifting off from places like Guatemala City flying unaccompanied alien children into the United States, and then they claim the Department of Homeland Security has a legal obligation to care for them and house them--well, not for everybody on the planet that the President has sympathy for, Mr. Chairman. So what we are trying to bring forth here is a greater respect for the rule of law--the President, I believe, has gone outside the law with this memorandum--a greater respect for the rule of law and moving towards a fiscal responsibility that may require a sense of austerity. We don't have either one with this administration.…”