Jeff Merkley: “Thank you, Senator. I not only agree, but I so admire what you accomplished. It is so frustrating. Why can't we…”

“Thank you, Senator. I not only agree, but I so admire what you accomplished. It is so frustrating. Why can't we accomplish that again? I know one of our Members worked hard with my colleague across the aisle to do a bill that may have been a slimmer version, and President Trump--then-Candidate Trump--said don't take that immigration bill forward last year because he wanted to keep this as an election issue. If people want to keep chaos rather than to solve problems, how are we to address a better path forward for our Nation, a more productive path? So I hope what you accomplished can be reinvented. I am not sure that I have any confidence that it is possible. It may be harder now than it was then, but let's try. And you have my full backing in that effort.”