Political Quotes

“I hope everyone heard this. I haven't met the Senator from California real well yet. I look forward to it. I look forward to serving with him, but I hope that everyone heard what is going on now: Just open the borders. You know, people in other countries--I won't mention some of them because I don't want them to be put in an awkward position--they say: Why in the world don't we have stronger borders in the United States of America? And we don't. Our previous President, I talked to him this morning. I talked to former President Trump this morning, and I talked about what is going on down there at the border. And the reason I am familiar with this-- much more familiar than the Senator from California or anyone else--is that I worked down there for 30 years on that border, all the way from Brownsville, TX, to McAllen. I know the border people down there. I know the agents down there. And for them to tell me that they have been told not to talk to the media about what is going on--I hope everyone knows what is going on right now, today. This is going on. You know, President Trump is all for people coming into America the legal way. He has made that very clear over and over again. He has spent time down on the border, both borders, making sure that we can have a legal--one of the most gratifying things in my job as a U.S. Senator, and I have been in these Chambers now since 1994--one of the most enjoyable things is to go to naturalization ceremonies.…”