Political Quotes

“Legally. Even though we have 51.5 million people in the United States who are foreign-born. You have the Chamber of Commerce and all of the big interests coming down here saying: You guys have got to open up more immigration. You have to do it. We always bow down. We always say: Okay, we will do that. We will do amnesty, but can we just get some security? We beg for crumbs. A year ago, we did something different. We came together as Republicans, and we passed the most comprehensive and strongest border security bill we have ever passed. Frankly, I don't think my colleagues fully understand the historical importance of that, even many who support it and talk about it and tweet about it. I have been here in some various forms, now 5 years as Member of Congress. I was here as chief of staff for Senator Ted Cruz. I was on the Senate Judiciary Committee as a lawyer. I watched the debates and the failures and the Gangs of Eight and all of the machinations. I watched in 2017 when we had two different bills, so-called Goodlatte 1, Goodlatte 2. We left President Trump stranded. We blew it. Last year, we came together, we set the terms of what we will now do next year. That matters. When Republicans unite to achieve something, not unity for the sake of it. I get so tired of hearing my colleagues talk about unity. I say something like: To do what? It doesn't matter. We have just got to unite. To do what? Right?…”