Political Quotes

“I certainly would. I would be happy to. In the Judiciary Committee, on which the Senator from Alabama and I both sit, during the markup session on this bill we were able to propose a number of amendments. One of the amendments I proposed--Lee amendment No. 4--addressed this very problem, the problem inherent in the fact that much of what this bill accomplishes is to outsource and delegate many of the delicate tasks. Many of the delicate decisions that have to be made along the way in the implementation of this bill are outsourced to the Secretary of Homeland Security--the task of coming up with a border security plan and a border fencing plan. Once those plans are in place, and once the Secretary makes the necessary findings under the bill, which she has basically complete discretion to do, then the RPI status begins--the pathway to citizenship commences. And citizenship from that moment forward, for those who meet the basic eligibility standards, becomes more or less a virtual certainty or becomes, at the very least, very likely. So my concern was Congress would have no subsequent input in this decision. Each of us has been elected to this body, and each of our colleagues in the House of Representatives has been elected to that body, to make decisions, to make law, and not simply to make outside lawmakers who will make incremental pieces of law on the outside.…”