Political Quotes

“Members, the Senator from Tennessee just provided us with this copy of his new amendment, and I hope you will take a look at it because it is recommitting this motion for 3 days. End of conversation, end of debate, end of any possibility of passing what we consider to be a major piece of legislation, from prescription drugs, dealing with environmental issues, and the list goes on. We have faced this so many times already in the last 12 or 14 hours. But the second thing I would like to note is, we understand the seriousness of this challenge, so much so that we have already decided it is a crime, and it is a crime that can be prosecuted. And it is a crime that is investigated and enforced by an Agency of the Federal Government which we funded just 4 months ago. Four months ago, we gave $8 billion to ICE for this purpose. Thirty-one Republicans voted against funding this purpose. One of them was the Senator from Tennessee. So now we are told we need the money, but 4 months ago he wouldn't vote for it. I think we know what we have here. We have a challenge that really is important to this motion that both parties share, but we have a political challenge with an effort to derail this measure today. Stick together and vote against this amendment.”