Political Quotes

“I completely understand the concerns that the gentleman from Georgia has, talking about the potential that this could have if we would just open up the Visa Waiver Program to any country, to open it up wide. But there are specific countries, Poland, for example. Poland was included in the Senate Immigration Reform bill. Poland has been a great ally of the United States, has been a fantastic ally, has given troops to the war on terror; and, as Mr. Shimkus said, I believe that this would be a very bad signal to say, no, no more countries can be included here, even on a temporary basis, even if we put all these other restrictions on. So I think we need to continue to allow other countries to possibly be accepted into the Visa Waiver Program. So I understand the concerns with terrorism, concerns with protecting our country. Security needs to be up there foremost. But part of security is also bringing in more of our allies. So I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.”