Political Quotes

“the debate we are having in this Chamber is incredibly important to our Nation's future. We simply cannot afford to waste this opportunity to bring meaningful reform to America's immigration system. We have a chance to enact commonsense reforms that will help fix the broken system that punishes those who simply want to work hard and play by the rules. Over the course of the next 2 weeks, we have an opportunity to enhance border security and to ensure that those coming to our shores do so in a lawful manner. In order to do that, we need to make sure the underlying immigration bill actually addresses the issues and offers reasonable solutions that make sense. Let me be clear: In order to fix the immigration system, we must secure our borders. Attempting to bring about immigration reform while ignoring the problems at our borders makes no sense. I, like many of my colleagues, have repeatedly voted this week in favor of increasing border security. I think most Americans would agree any reform legislation must include measures that stop unlawful entry into our country. The underlying bill recognizes the serious need for greater security at our borders and establishes a southern border security commission if State-based results are not achieved in a reasonable time. I for one hope we secure our borders effectively and quickly so no such commission is ever needed.…”