Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, first, I thank Senator Durbin for 17 years of work on this issue and for highlighting the reality that there are so many people who came here through the decisions of their parents--not decisions of their own. I, for one, believe they deserve a path to citizenship. I felt so strongly about it that I did something I don't believe any Republican-only bill has ever done before. I filed a bill, along with Senator Lankford, to do just that--to provide a path to citizenship not only to the 690,000 who had enrolled in the DACA Program but to some 1.2 million. I believe we need to come up with a solution to this problem, and I thank Senator Durbin for his dogged tenacity on this issue. I believe that if we continue to focus on it, we will succeed. I just need to set a few facts straight. I know the majority leader is in the Chamber, and I will keep my comments brief. I was in that January 9 meeting as well. In the January 9 meeting, we had an extraordinary meeting, and most of it was on tape. But the reality is, in the January 9 meeting, we walked away with an understanding that there were four pillars on which we were going to build a bipartisan bill. The President looked to the whips in the minority and the majority, and he said: You guys get together, produce a bipartisan bill, and I will support it.…”