Political Quotes

“The process is that the House passes legislation, if they so choose. They may not choose to take up immigration. My sense is they will not take up this bill; they will take up their own bill. The way the process works is we conference those, and we end up with a better piece of legislation. Fiscally, if this bill passes, we are spending a lot of money on border security--and some people have said it is too much. But, again, I have had no amendments over here trying to lower the standards that were put in place by the Hoeven-Corker amendment. The fact is we would be spending $46 billion on border security to have these five tangible things occur, and we would be getting $197 billion back in the Treasury if we do this. I have never been able to vote for a piece of legislation that had this much fiscal benefit for our country that didn't raise anybody's taxes. Then we have seen the whole issue of the economic growth that is going to be created for our country if we pass this bill. I believe voting against this bill is voting against border security. What that means is that things are going to stay exactly as they are. We are going to have porous borders, no entry-exit visa program, no E- Verify system. I think voting against this bill is voting for the status quo, which is, in essence, de facto amnesty. I believe this bill takes a step forward. I believe it is good for our country in every single way I can imagine, and later today I plan to support this bill.…”