Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would say to the distinguished senior Senator from Arizona that the administration has been sending mixed messages. First they called this a humanitarian crisis. Then they called it--I think the Senator said--a ``situation.'' They are sort of walking this back. But I just wanted to remind my colleagues from Arizona of what the President said a few years ago in El Paso when people said we needed better border security measures in place. He ridiculed people. The Senators may remember this. He said--this is the President talking in El Paso in May 2011--he said: You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Now they are going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol, or they will want a higher fence, or maybe they will need a moat, or maybe they want alligators in the moat. They will never be satisfied. I understand that. That is politics. But the truth is, the measures we put in place are getting results. The truth is, they are not getting the kind of results the American people expect--nor these children who are being subjected to horrific conditions as they are smuggled from Central America up through Mexico to the United States. One of the most puzzling things to me--I see my colleague from Texas here. I know Governor Perry has implored the President to come visit the border.…”