Political Quotes

“During his recent State of the Union speech, President Clinton reminded us that our Nation is facing a health care crisis and a crime crisis, both of which are threatening the present-- and more importantly--future well-being of our people, and both of which Congress must promptly address. Today, I want to spotlight another serious national crisis that adversely affects our health care and crime difficulties and on virtually every other major domestic issue. This is the matter of immigration. As many of my colleagues will recall, my grave concerns over this issue led me to become quite involved with immigration reform last year. However, in the waning days of the session, in my eagerness to address what all parties agree is a pressing, yet complex and sensitive issue, I introduced S. 1351, the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993. While no bill will please everyone, this bill was clearly unsatisfactory. Frankly, I should not have introduced the bill in the form that it was in. My intentions were good but the remedy proposed required significant fine tuning.”