Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit is just one more illustration of Democrats being unserious on immigration reform. We don't even need to talk about the merits or whether the MTR is good policy or bad policy. For my friends on the other side, it has always been just good politics. Before I came to Congress, I was an immigration attorney for 15 years. That was one of the finest 15 years of my life. I have seen how broken the system is, and I have seen how few people there are on the other side who actually want to fix the problems instead of just playing political football. And sadly, the captain of the political football team is sitting in the White House. Actually, today he is sitting somewhere else doing more politicking. Actions speak louder than words. I actually agree with the minority on this. The President of the United States made a promise to fix a broken immigration system during his first term, a promise which he could have kept, by the way, without making a single compromise. He had a majority of both Houses of Congress, a filibuster-proof majority for 2 years, and he did absolutely nothing. The other side could have had 100 percent of what they wanted when they controlled the House; the Senate was filibuster-proof, and they had the President. When they wanted health care legislation and they wanted good policy, they passed it without any help from the Republican Party.…”