Political Quotes

“let me read a few quotes from the last 6 months, about securing our southern border, from some of my Republican Senate colleagues: This crisis requires swift, serious, and substantive action. It makes no sense to me for us to do nothing when we might be able to make things better. This moment will pass. Do not let it pass. Yes, indeed, these are words of our Republican Senate colleagues, uttered at press conferences and floor speeches and interviews from just the last few months. There are many, many, many more quotes like these, going back years, from Republican Senators, from Republican Congress Members, from the Republican Speaker, and from the former Republican President. We kept hearing the same thing again and again and again: ``We need to do something about the border now,'' they shouted. ``The border is an emergency,'' they screamed. ``We cannot put this off until tomorrow''--and on and on and on. So 3 months ago, here on the floor, Republicans got a chance to back up their angry words with real action by voting on the strongest bipartisan border bill Congress has seen in decades. And practically every Republican voted no, including my Republican colleague who said: ``It makes no sense to do nothing.'' Then he voted no. Including my Republican colleague who said: ``This crisis requires swift . . . action''--he voted no.…”