Mark Souder: “I want to point out a tremendous irony that is happening here in the Capitol Building today. In the other body, the…”

“I want to point out a tremendous irony that is happening here in the Capitol Building today. In the other body, the President of the United States has come over to lobby for an immigration bill and the other body is considering this. Yet we are debating a homeland security bill where we have had Republicans come down to the floor who say it's too expensive, that it's spending too much money, but if you took this times four on an annual basis for 5 years, you couldn't begin to meet the standards that are in the Senate bill. We have people like Mr. Rogers of Kentucky pointing out that we're mandating Homeland Security to go check everybody in these detention centers but without any money for it. Unless your intention is complete and pure amnesty, how would you do that if you don't fund programs? Mr. Rogers of Alabama pointed out that we don't have a realistic program for training Border Patrol, that it's costing too much. This bill is an advertisement, a walking billboard for the gaping holes in the bill of the other body.”