Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am pleased to see Senator Cornyn here. He has done an extraordinary job. As a matter of fact, it was Senator Cornyn who hosted the trip that I made down to the border that gave me an incredibly important perspective on the case for border security. I appreciate his leadership on this issue. I want to leave a final comment for the DACA population. Some people say: What is the crisis? We have until March 5. I understand that every single day you wake up, that day seems like today. I know we need to move more quickly. Quite honestly, we could have gotten this done a couple of months ago if people had engaged, recognized their differences, and accepted a compromise. We are doing everything we can to get done much sooner than March 5 because we understand that they are our teachers, our EMTs. There are 900 serving in the military. They are hard-working people. They are kids in school. There are hundreds of thousands of good people--in a proposal that we put together, over a million--that we want to welcome into this Nation because they are great citizens, they love this country, they are productive citizens, and I want them to know that we know that. I want them to know that there are dozens of Republicans prepared to vote on a compromise bill that is balanced, that brings border security and provides certainty to the DACA population. We are going to do everything we can every day that we are here to make sure that we deliver on that promise.…”