Political Quotes

“first, I want to praise our colleague from Wyoming. The Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee has three members, and both Senator Simpson and Senator Kennedy have just done yeoman service, and it is a subcommittee where you have to say no to a lot of people. Senator Simpson has been willing to stand up, and I applaud him for it. He gets no votes in Wyoming for being on this subcommittee, let me tell you. He is doing a service to this body and to this Nation. He is correct when he says specialized groups get preference. I think the question we face is, Do these specialized groups face special problems that justifies this? And I think the answer is yes. There is, in addition to the anti-Semitism and the anti-evangelical Christian thrust that is part historically of some of these areas, this fear of this new leader who is emerging that is causing a lot of anxiety out there. In terms of those who assert their fear and then get that ticket for admission and stay there for months, and according to Senator Simpson for years, and I do not question that, I think you have to recognize there are people who would prefer to stay in Russia or some other country, but as long as things do not get too bad they are going to stay there, but they want that ticket to the United States if things disintegrate.”