Political Quotes

“I appreciate the comments of my friend from Arizona. He is right about the work permits. Everything else aside, if these young people, some 690,000, can no longer work, that is going to have a dramatic negative impact, not only on them but also on our economy and on the people who hire them, all of which is to say, we shouldn't play with fire here. We need to get this addressed, we need to get it addressed on a timely basis, and that is something I am committed to doing. What confounds me the most, though, is why we find ourselves here with the Senate in session and the Federal Government otherwise shut down. It strikes me as completely unnecessary, especially when a number of us--me included--are having two and three meetings a day to try and come up with a solution to this problem. I know people are anxious for the status and what happens to the future of these young adults. I am, too, and I am eager to come up with a solution as soon as we can, but I think some have had what I would view as an unrealistic view of the end game. In other words, I know our friends have been--the Senator from Arizona, the Senator from South Carolina, and others have a group, along with the Senator from Illinois, which they think will be the seed of a solution here, but as they found out last week, the President didn't support their work product.…”