John Cornyn: “If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different outcome…”

“If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different outcome, the provisions in the underlying bill that my amendment will correct represents insanity in action because it repeats a mistake made in the 1986 immigration laws that is within our power to correct. I believe the amendment I am offering will allow that correction to take place, and I offer it in that spirit. At the very least, the American people expect we will not intentionally repeat mistakes. They don't expect us to be perfect. They do expect us to do our best, and we owe them that much. But in this case, doing our best means not repeating a mistake. Quite simply, the Department of Homeland Security is, under the current bill, prohibited from using internally all information from Z visa applications, as well as sharing information with the relevant law enforcement agencies.”