Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are moving from disaster to catastrophe at our southern border. Last week, the Biden administration announced that title 42 COVID-19 restrictions, which had provided for the immediate deportation of those who crossed the border illegally, will end in May. Now, it is ironic that just as the administration presses for more COVID funding, it is apparently declaring COVID is over at the border. Now, I just want everybody to think about the inherent contradiction in what is being said here. By ending title 42, the administration says, for all intents and purposes, the pandemic is over; it is over at the border. But, today, it was announced that the student loan program-- repayments on student loans--would be extended until the month of August. Why? Presumably because of the pandemic. There is still a policy in place, Mr. President, if you can believe this--yesterday, I had the chance to question, at the Senate Finance Committee, Secretary Becerra of the Health and Human Services Department about a policy that is in place right now that has not yet been repealed that requires children under 5 in Head Start facilities to wear masks--masks not just when they are in the classroom but when they are outside on the playground--children under 5, to wear masks. Now, who says that is a bad idea? Well, for one, the World Health Organization. The World Health Organization isn't exactly a conservative-leaning institution.…”