Political Quotes

“I join my colleague from Utah in many of his remarks, if not all of his remarks. I come here to speak on the pending immigration bill more in disappointment than in anger because of the lost opportunity we had in the Senate to come up with a bill that would actually do the job of restoring legality and order to our broken immigration system, create a system of legal immigration which would benefit our economy, and reflect our basic values. It has been 5 months since the Gang of 8 first released their framework of principles for immigration reform. At the time, they were saying many of the right things--things that gave me great encouragement that we would come up with a better product than we have today. They promised their bill would secure our borders once and for all. I live in a border State with 1,200 miles of common border with Mexico. We know that border permits not only illegal entry into the United States because of inadequate resources and personnel there, but also it is a benefit to the United States because of the legitimate trade that passes through the ports of entry that create and support up to 6 million jobs in America. They promised a tough but fair legalization program. They promised that permanent legalization would be contingent on border security. This is a recurring theme in my remarks because I actually was so naive to believe the representations made by the Gang of 8.…”