Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I agree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle on one thing: The American people are not stupid. The American people know, see, hear, and feel what is going on around them. The American people know that their streets aren't as safe. The American people who live in certain cities know that their kids are being moved out of their schools so that we can house illegals. The American people know that they are paying lots of taxes, and they are paying taxes in so many ways--to pay for transportation, to pay for housing, to pay for legal care, to pay for bank cards, to pay for all kinds of services to illegals, including, in some cases, education subsidies. The American people are not stupid, and they are tired of it. Additionally, they are really tired of individuals who come from other countries illegally. Let me be clear because I never want this to be morphed into anything else. We love legal immigration in America. Some of our best citizens are legal immigrants. It is illegal immigration that creates this problem. What we know is that there are illegals who break the law once when they come over. Then, they break the law again by committing an illegal act by assaulting someone--in some cases, a police officer. We had cases here just recently.…”