Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, we go round and round on that. Obviously, when we talked about family reunification, you had an offer that you said you were making on behalf of the President that clearly undermined the ability to sponsor, by some, their mothers and fathers. We can go round and round on that. That was my perception of it. We will get the record, and I think that is pretty accurate, Mr. Leader. Mr. Speaker, the answer to the question, though, has not come, and that is: Will the majority leader bring to the floor three bills and let them be voted on by this House and express the will of the American people? One of those bills is a Republican bill. One is probably perceived by the Republicans as a Democratic bill, although Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a cosponsor of that bill. And one, clearly, is a bipartisan bill, negotiated by Mr. Hurd, a Republican from Texas, and Mr. Aguilar, a Democrat from California, that has at least 44 Republicans who have signed on to a rule to bring that particular bill to the floor. All 193 Democrats will be for that bill, to bring it to the floor, which is over 230 Members of this House. I am asking the leader: Will he bring those three bills to the floor? Because what the President said--and the leader says words matter. What the President said on TV for all of America to see: We will solve the DACA issue. You send me a bill, and I will sign it. That is what he said, Mr. Speaker. But what happened? The Senate had four bills.…”