Political Quotes

“If the gentleman has opposition and has an offer to define ``actively assisting,'' then that would be great. However, the reality is that what is going to happen is what we have seen happen in the State of Texas where we have a Governor who has murders on his hands, as far as I am concerned, because we have had active deaths at the hands of mishandling this. If this is going to be a Federal issue, then the Federal Government needs to be the one that is absolutely going to be over Federal law. So they can have memorandums of understanding. If that means that every single county at the border needs to go ahead and enter into a memorandum of understanding, then they need to. Nonetheless, this is a Federal issue, it is not a State issue, and this protects federalism and makes sure that it will be under the hands of the Federal Government with this Federal law instead of State Government. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close if the gentlewoman is finished. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”