Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first, I would like to remark that the border security bill that my esteemed colleague references would simply increase the processing of illegal aliens into this country. If this language were incorporated in it, we would stop the incentive for illegal migration. That would be the fix. That was not in the bill. The bill that he referenced would not have addressed the border security at all. My Democratic colleague is objecting to legislation that would actually restore the one-person, one-vote principle, and it would end the perverse incentive under which illegal immigration increases political power. It is indisputable that Congress can direct that a citizenship question be included in the census. It was included in the census for most of our history up until Barack Obama's administration took it out in 2010. And the Constitution says that the census shall be conducted ``in such Manner as [Congress] shall by Law direct.'' Congress does, indeed, have the authority to do this; in fact, we have had the citizenship question until 2010. Second, on the question of what population is counted for apportioning House seats and electoral votes, the Constitution says that you count the number of persons in the United States. It doesn't mean literally everyone in the United States. We don't count people here on vacation; we don't count people here on temporary stays. Why would we count people who are here and who have broken in illegally?…”