Political Quotes

“this morning marks 321 days since this body passed commonsense immigration reform. For 321 days the Republican- controlled House of Representatives has done absolutely nothing to address our Nation's problems dealing with our broken immigration system. It is a system that is broken and needs to be fixed. It cannot be fixed on a piecemeal basis. It needs comprehensive immigration reform. To the Republican extremists in the House, the time went by like that. To them, 321 days does not seem like a big deal. But outside of the Capitol, where we are dealing with people's lives, those 321 days felt like a lifetime. To American families forced to live in the shadows, each one of those days brings the dread of discovery and being torn away from their loved ones. Undocumented immigrants have lived in fear for the last 46 weeks, worrying whether they will have to leave the country they call home. For the past 10\1/2\ months children have lost their parents from government action--all while House Republicans have twiddled their thumbs. Enough is enough. It is time for the House Republicans to act. They have wasted far too much time already failing to consider a bill that the Senate considered, and passed in less than 2 months. A year ago the Senate Judiciary Committee, under Chairman Leahy's leadership, was in the middle of marking up the commonsense immigration reform. After 2 weeks of consideration, what did they do?…”