Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the closed rule for H.R. 4760. I was proud to sign on to the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote on a Dreamer bill. Passage of this rule will not only kill that discharge petition, but any hope of this Congress considering the one bill that has enough bipartisan support to deliver a meaningful remedy for the Dreamers. What are we voting on instead? H.R. 4760 is an antifamily bill that maintains the cruel zero-tolerance policy, limits access to asylum, shrinks legal immigration, ends the diversity visa lottery program, abolishes protections for unaccompanied children, and builds President Trump's border wall. We are considering only H.R. 4760--a measure that may not have the votes to pass--to placate the most extreme elements of the Republican Conference. Mr. Speaker, something is fundamentally wrong and broken in this body when the will of a handful of extremists overrules the will of a bipartisan majority. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule and the underlying bill.”