Political Quotes

“So $30 billion on the land border, and it could be something between 30 and 46 and those numbers keep changing. But it is a lot of money. Senator Nelson's amendment says that at least $1 billion of that money be spent on maritime border security, not land border. As he said so eloquently, if we continue to put up fences and borders on the land and make it secure--which we all want to do--there are maritime assets that need to be stepped up. I think most everybody understands that and would say that is a very good amendment. These are amendments that don't need to be voted on. I am not asking for votes on these amendments. They don't need to be voted on. They would normally go by voice vote en bloc--no votes required. Out of the 800 amendments, this list has less than 45 amendments that probably don't need any vote, no time, just a simple--it is a consent. Staff has been given these and looked at these amendments. I am going to continue to come to the floor today in hopes that after the leaders negotiate on the contested amendments--and I have a list of the contested amendments. It looks quite different than the list I am talking about. The list that is being contested has names such as: Vitter, Vitter, Vitter, Vitter, Vitter, Vitter, Vitter, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Cruz, Cruz, Cruz, Cruz, Cornyn, Cornyn, Cornyn, Cornyn. That is a list. There is another list: Chambliss, Portman, Vitter, Inhofe, Toomey, and Fischer.…”