Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I think that we are going to be joined here in a few moments by our colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois, Senator Durbin, who, for years and years, has been leading the fight for the Dreamers--for the young people who are affected by DACA. He may be tied up for a bit, but as we begin--because we are going to be in a colloquy on some of these issues--I want to recognize his extraordinary contributions. Nobody has been more focused and more relentless in terms of standing up for the rights of the Dreamers--the young people and the families who are caught up in DACA--than Senator Durbin, the senior Senator from Illinois, and I want to make sure that his role is recognized at the outset. I and Senator Merkley have spent a lot of time talking to these young people at home in our State, and we have held special forums on it. I am just stunned at what wonderful young people these folks are. Inevitably, their grades are at the top of their classes. They seem to be working two jobs, and they are sending money to relatives. They are just doing everything that we associate with hard work and thrift and ingenuity and with what has made our country so unique and so special in the world. I want to talk a little bit about what I have heard and also set the record straight with respect to DACA, because there is an awful lot of reckless talk about this legislation, and much of it just does not resemble the truth.…”