Political Quotes

“I know Arizonans feel the same way. As I have talked with you, I have talked to some of my colleagues. Nevadans are frustrated. Time and again, over the last two decades, they have seen Congress work toward much needed legislation on immigration only for reasonable bipartisan agreements to fall apart because someone is playing politics. We saw this happen in the Senate just last week, when, with some of my colleagues--the Presiding Officer, because of you, and Senator Tillis--we saw a framework of a bipartisan bill to give Dreamers a pathway to citizenship that also provided additional resources to increase our border security. There was a balance there to address what we are hearing. I heard from my colleagues today, and we are seeing on the news what is happening on the southern border right now. But just as we seemed to be closing in on a deal, it unfortunately fell through once more. Now, I know the hope is that we will continue to work on this in the new Congress, and I hope we do. I hope we are able to bring more of our colleagues together because, if we don't, the alternative is just unacceptable. There is broad bipartisan consensus in my State and, I know, across this country, and I have heard it from some of my colleagues, that Congress must create a path to citizenship for Dreamers across the country. Now, we are just talking about Dreamers.…”