Bill Lee: “there are a number of things that make the U.S. Senate unique as an institution. We have got every single State in the…”

“there are a number of things that make the U.S. Senate unique as an institution. We have got every single State in the Union that is represented equally. If you are a big State or a small State, a huge population or a tiny one, you have got two Senators. That makes our work more important and all the more unique. We need to represent our States, looking out for the people of our States, and our States sometimes as States. I can make a case that voting to pass this bill under these circumstances, without amendments or any language whatsoever forcing the issue of border security, forcing the border to be made secure by a reluctant, recalcitrant, willfully disobedient administration hellbent on not enforcing the border-- this is a decision that empowers drug cartels, dissolves our borders, and spends insane amounts of money that we don't have on priorities of foreign countries--all at the same time. Now, look, Senators here today, as always, have an obligation to vote no on bills that do bad things. We have an obligation to vote no today on bills--including and especially this bill--but all bills, certainly, that prioritize gangs above Governors, cartels above courts, encourage breaking the law over enforcing the law. Voting yes on this bill is a capitulation. It is a surrender. It is a vote for flooded classrooms and crowded hospitals. It is a vote for increased homelessness, deaths by overdose.…”