Political Quotes

“Just a couple of points. First of all, this tired talking point of 90 percent of narcotics being captured at the ports of entry; well, of course, that is the only place where we have Border Patrol. Because they are overwhelmed doing processing, we don't have anybody patrolling the border between the ports of entry. So, of course, you are collecting and finding a higher percentage of narcotics at the ports of entry. The second point, is this idea that this is treating kids inhumanely. Let's be very clear that what we do in this policy is treat children from other countries exactly as we treat them from Mexico and Canada under current law. More importantly, President Obama, that radical, MAGA extremist, President Barack Obama asked for this fix in his bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess).”