Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. President. This is the administration that unconstitutionally put into effect the DREAM Act by administrative fiat. Congress would not pass that. A Democratic House and a Democratic Senate failed to pass it. President Obama at the time said he did not have adequate powers to put it into law administratively, and yet when it came time to run for election, he did it by administrative fiat, in my opinion--in many people's opinion--well beyond his legal authority. So that is the main thing that is different from 1986. We have a President and an administration that has proved to be completely opposed to aggressive and real enforcement. So I hope, as we continue this debate with my distinguished colleague from Illinois and many others, we focus on that central question: Will this solve the problem? In my opinion, we have seen this movie before. We have tried this so- called comprehensive approach before--this marriage of promises of enforcement with leniency or amnesty. History suggests that does not work. The enforcement never adequately shows up. The amnesty immediately does. In this proposal, although it might not be immediate citizenship, it is immediate legal protection and many benefits that flow from that. Mr. President, I look forward to continuing this discussion. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assistant majority leader.”