Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and the privilege to address you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the underlying bill that we refer to around this Hill now as the Yoho bill, H.R. 5759. I appreciate the gentleman from Florida for drafting this bill. He and I are consistent in our philosophy, our constitutional understanding, and our approach. I would say, though, that the bill moved a little bit from the time that it was first presented. It had the word ``amnesty'' in the title. It said, ``Preventing Executive Amnesty on Immigration Act.'' Now it says, ``Preventing Executive Overreach.'' This tones it down a little for me. It also addresses the subject called prosecutorial discretion. And it says in the bill it ``ought to be applied on a case-by-case basis and not to whole categories of persons.'' Mr. Speaker, prosecutorial discretion can only be applied on a case-by-case basis. It cannot create whole classes or categories of persons and exempt them from the application of the law. So I want to make sure this Congressional Record is clear that this bill doesn't endorse the idea that we are suggesting prosecutorial discretion is anything other than what it actually is, and that is on a case-by-case basis. It says also: No provision shall be interpreted or applied to authorize the executive branch to exempt categories of persons unlawfully present. I agree with that.…”