Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this Special Order. You know, I walked in this Chamber tonight, and I thought: This brings a new meaning to ``major in the minor.'' We have something that is as important as the sovereignty of this country in securing our borders, and here we are, at the last hour, saying we are going to get out of here before Friday on something this important. You know, I was in line, getting some work done, and the President came on. He challenged Speaker Pelosi, and he challenged the Senator. He said: Bring the fight on. We are going to stay here. We are going to fund the wall. We are going to get the $5 billion. Now we hear talk that maybe we won't. We are going to pass a continuing resolution for 2 months. I am sick of it. Nobody can fund your business month by month by month. Here we are, abdicating our constitutional obligations to make this country sovereign. As has been pointed out by Mr. Meadows and Mr. Jordan, the drugs, all the things that come into this country--I am for immigration, but it is legal immigration. We need to sit up here as long as it takes. If it is the next 6 months, sit up here until we get it. If we think we are going to get it when the gavel passes on January 3, it is not going to happen. I support what we are doing. Now is the time for us to have a backbone, finally, and support this country and make sovereign borders a law. Fund it. You know, $5 billion?…”