Political Quotes

“I would just shut down the port of entry. I would look at the rest of America and my colleagues around this Chamber and say, Do you like your cheap goods from Mexico right now when we have got high inflation and we want to go attack China? Guess what? I-35 is shut down--shut down--until you secure the border of the United States. But I appreciate that the Governor's step is a step in that direction to say, We are going to have vehicle inspections. I hope they are long, slow vehicle inspections. I hope they cover every car from beginning to end and take plenty of time doing it. Secondly, using boats and having some sort of ability to deter crossing, there was some plan to do that, I haven't read the details of it. I hope it is sincere and robust. And then the third part is what the gentleman from Virginia mentioned, taking some of these who are dumped off by Border Patrol in Texas, putting them on a bus, and shipping them to the front door of this building. I support that. There are a couple of caveats. There is one metric, and one metric alone, that I will hold everybody in this Chamber accountable to, the Governor of Texas accountable to, and the President of the United States accountable to: Stop the flow now. That is your job. That is your duty under the Constitution. That is what the law requires you to do. That is why we have the Secure Fence Act. That is why we have laws on the books requiring you to follow the legal processes.…”