Political Quotes

“We hope to see. And we will see one way or the other when we vote on this legislation next week. I am happy to say that my Democratic colleague Henry Cuellar from Laredo, TX, which is more directly impacted probably than any place on the border, joined me in one proposal we call the HUMANE Act, which would deal with this underlying asylum issue. We have been working with the chairman, Senator Graham, to come up with a consensus piece of legislation that will really plug the dike that has been breached now, which has caused this humanitarian crisis. There are a number of ways we can deal with this. Mr. McCONNELL. I would say to my friend that the answer here is not just the money but an actual adjustment of U.S. law to more directly affect the crisis that we have. We need to do both, correct?”