Political Quotes

“First of all, we all are thinking about those loyal, hardworking Federal employees who are caught in the middle of the challenges that we face here in Washington. As with other battles, these employees will be paid for their time away from the workplace while they are on furlough. So what is this all about? Do we have a crisis on the southern border or not? I would caution my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to use real numbers. Are 400,000 illegal immigrants last year across the southern border too few or too many? Are the 500 homicides by illegal immigrants in Texas over the past decade too few or too many? Maybe the new Homeland Security Committee could hold a hearing and vet out all of these numbers. There is a problem with that: The committee is not organized yet, so they cannot meet. I would hope that they would, so we could put the facts on the table. I look at the clips of large groups of illegals trying to rush the border. What has kept them from illegally entering? Well, the fence, the wall, the barrier. A wall system works. Sections of the border where fencing and walls have been built have seen a decrease in illegal immigration. San Diego first built its wall in 1992. Illegal traffic dropped 92 percent over the past 23 years. El Paso built their fence in 1993. Illegal traffic dropped 72 percent in 1 year and 95 percent over 22 years. Tucson's wall was built in 2000. Illegal traffic dropped 90 percent over 15 years.…”