Political Quotes

“I am going to close this thing out. Here is what is going to happen. You may get this bill passed without any border, but it is going nowhere in the House. The House has made it crystal clear: To get money for Ukraine and other foreign countries, we have got to help our own. Our border is on fire. I will give you credit, the Senator from Arizona. You have been trying to fix it. I appreciate what you have tried to do, but the system we have employed--to my colleague from Arizona--is unlike any I have ever seen, in that we are going to take a consequential moment in American history of trying to secure a broken border and not even bring it to the floor for a real debate. The reason I voted no to proceed is because I saw what was happening. Our people on this side have been obsessed with Ukraine to the point of ignoring our border. There are people who are going to vote no to Ukraine who have always believed that the border was an excuse to try to get Ukraine. I never believed that. So the bottom line is this idea that, because 41 of us vote no, you close out the border. How about sitting down, reopening the border debate, and having a robust debate like we did with the Gang of 8? The reason I voted no is I could see where this thing was going. The bill you produced, while I liked parts of it, was dead in the House. I am trying to find a way to make it better, if that is possible.…”