Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator very much. The DREAM Act Mr. President, maybe we will be in session 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, and then we are finished, the year 2013 comes to a close. The unfortunate thing from where I am standing is we have missed an opportunity. About 6 months ago, we passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill. It had been 25 years in the making. We know our immigration system is broken. We know it is unfair. We know people are suffering because of it. And we know we can do better. So we came together and 68 of us voted on the floor of the Senate, about 6 months ago, to pass comprehensive immigration reform. I worked on that bill with seven colleagues--four Democrats, four Republicans. We came up with a good bill, not a bill I agree with in all of its specifics, but one that I think is a good, fair compromise. We sent it to the House of Representatives. They have done nothing-- nothing. They made some statements--some encouraging, some discouraging. The fact is, they never called this bill. Mr. President, 2014 is another opportunity for the House of Representatives to rise to this challenge, and I hope they will. There are many parts of that bill that are so essential-- strengthening our border, a very important issue to all Americans, particularly on the other side of the aisle; a pathway to citizenship, just a matter of simple, elemental justice, which is a passion on our side of the aisle. We brought those two concepts together to make the bill work.…”