Political Quotes

“Mr. President, later today, the Senate will take a vote on whether or not to move to consideration of the national security supplemental bill. And make no mistake, this vote will fail. Not because Republicans oppose supporting our national security interests overseas but because Democrats are refusing to take seriously the national security crisis here at home. From the beginning, Republicans have made it clear that any national security supplemental would have to address one of the biggest threats to our national security, the out-of-control illegal immigration at our southern border. And when I say ``out of control,'' just look at the numbers. Yesterday, 12,000 people were apprehended at our southern border trying to come into our country illegally--not including the ``got-aways,'' not including the unknowns--over 12,000 people, which, I think, is an alltime, one-day high. Most ever. In history. And think about that annualized. We are now talking about on the order of 4 million people annually coming across our southern border, being released into the country, coming across illegally. When is this a crisis? This is a crisis. It is a humanitarian crisis. It has been that for a long time. But now--now it is a national security crisis because among those 12,000 people are some pretty unsavory characters. There are people who are coming here for a better life, but there are a lot of people who are being apprehended now at our southern border.…”