Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), a great friend of mine and a hardworking Member. Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Budd for yielding and for working on this issue even though he is not from a State that has as much of it as California. Indeed, I have seen so much happen to my population at home that many are giving up for a host of reasons, but this is one right near the top of the list for leaving our State, to go to others that don't have sanctuary cities or sanctuary State policies. If you go back in time, what really was at the front of this issue that put it on a lot of people's radar around the country was the Kate Steinle tragedy that happened in San Francisco. An illegal immigrant was here, having been deported many times over, and still had this opportunity for whatever the circumstances that took the life of Kate Steinle. Time and time again, in my home State, people are fed up. I had a chance to sit down with some members of ICE here the other day. They are just trying to do their job. They are just trying to uphold the law. Indeed, what some of my colleagues have talked about here this evening is that we have people actually causing the law to be broken that are elected officials--people that swore an oath to the Constitution, to the laws of this country, and to my home State--now causing one of the worst things: an increase of crime you can see in California.…”