Political Quotes

“we are going to start reconciliation. I think we all know what that means; that is Latin for ``a long night.'' But why are we here? We are here to make sure that the Department of Homeland Security, the ICE division and Border Patrol, are funded. Now, why are we here? Our Democratic colleagues have refused to provide funding for the Border Patrol and ICE at a time of great threat to our country. So what are we doing? We are trying to use the reconciliation process to get money to secure the border and not shut down enforcement of our immigration laws. Our friends on the other side sat on the sideline and watched the Joe Biden administration allow 11 to 15 million illegal immigrants to come into this country in a 4-year period. We have been dealing with that mess ever since we have been in charge. ICE--count me in for reforming ICE. We tried to have some reforms, but you refused. You refused to give a dollar, guys, because, in your view, ICE is the problem. I think the illegal immigration invasion that was allowed by Joe Biden and condoned by you is the problem. It is not the ICE agents that are the problem; it is the millions of people who came here illegally, and only God knows who they are and exactly where they are. So we are not going to stop trying to enforce immigration laws. We have to. We are trying to clean up a mess, a national security threat. Let me be really clear.…”