Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a July 22 ``analysis'' article from the right-wing Wall Street Journal stating that the Vice President's role was narrow--and also successful. Notably, the article includes the following quote: ``Harris's job was meant to be narrow, and over the years Harris has fulfilled it by announcing tranches of private investments.'' [From WSJ, July 22, 2024] Analysis: Was Kamala Harris Actually Biden's `Border Czar'? (By Michelle Hackman) Even before Kamala Harris became the Democrats' likely challenger to Donald Trump, Republicans have used her immigration portfolio as a line of attack against her-- calling her President Biden's ``border czar.'' But Harris's task, assigned to her in 2021 by Biden, was actually much narrower. At the start of his presidency, Biden tasked his VP with what the administration called the ``root causes'' of migration from Central America--the extreme poverty, famine and gang violence that have driven so many people over the last decade to uproot their lives and head north to the U.S. Former President Barack Obama had asked Biden to take on the same task when he was vice president. Biden successfully pushed Congress to allot several billion in aid money for Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Harris's job was meant to be narrow, and over the years Harris has fulfilled it by announcing tranches of private investments by companies like Pepsi, Cargill and Nestle in Central America.…”