Political Quotes

“You were not the majority leader when that happened. He was elected on that. We were still in the majority. Let's remember why we are here. To think that this is some new idea the President is bringing forward is ignoring the history, and let's go through some of that history. Obviously, it was front and center in the presidential election, and he was elected in large part on building a wall to secure our country's border. Then we go to the first spending bill as he was President, and we had a disagreement. There were a lot of things that we were in disagreement on. We wanted to rebuild our military, and we finally came to a 2-year agreement to do just that. It was critically important to start rebuilding the military of this country that was decimated, to give our men and women in uniform who risk their lives for our country a much- needed pay raise. We finally did that. In that negotiation, the President wanted and he was talking about $25 billion for full border security, to build out the full 550 miles that are not secure right now, and they are well identified. The gentleman from Maryland knows those areas where we haven't built walls. Sure, we have got some money to build walls. There is about 120 miles of wall being built, wall that is not all cement. Some of it is steel slats. Let the experts figure out the best way to secure our border. We are not the architects of the border. Let the experts be that.…”