Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, it is rebuttals and comments like these that I find, frankly, deeply distressful. They are nothing but finger- pointing, and really the genuine politicization of this body and this government. My colleagues are self-defeating in their efforts to try to put the words into this piece of legislation that requires us to assign one single point of blame when there clearly is quite a lot to go around, and it has gone around for a very long time. By politicizing this issue in this way, it is self-defeating because we have no ability to actually pass this piece of legislation, and so in and of itself this becomes a self-defeating effort. I believe if my colleagues truly wanted the information that this bill purports to want, if they truly wanted to understand what is causing the border issues and what could be done to be helpful, then they would work with us as Democrats to make that, indeed, happen. We would then be able to pass this bill in the House, and as is the custom with our Constitution and with ``Schoolhouse Rock,'' send it to the Senate and send it to the President's desk for signature. Here we have no opportunity to have this happen. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. D'Esposito).”