Political Quotes

“I rise in strong opposition to stripping off all of the House language from the Homeland Security funding bill and proceeding with a ``clean bill.'' I do so because I took a constitutional oath, and I take that oath very seriously. The language which we are debating in the Homeland Security funding bill from the House goes directly to that oath and goes directly to that responsibility. It does so for two reasons. First of all, this Executive amnesty, which has about 5 million illegal aliens getting blanket significant amnesty because of the President's Executive action, is a big deal. It is a big deal in terms of policy. It is a big deal regarding his overreaching his legal and constitutional authority. First, policy. It is a fundamental rule of economics--it is a fundamental rule of life--that when you reward behavior, you get more of it. When you penalize certain behavior, you get less of it. A blanket overarching amnesty which gives about 5 million illegal aliens in the country here amnesty is rewarding behavior. It is rewarding behavior we say we want to curtail, we say we want to stop, but we are rewarding it, and we are going to get more of it. That is not just me saying that theoretically. We have lived that over and over again. The President a few years ago took a similar but smaller Executive action commonly referred to as DACA. That focused on younger illegal aliens. Guess what.…”