Political Quotes

“I have a motion to commit at the desk, and I ask that it be reported. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cornyn] moves to commit the bill, H.R. 1319, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with instructions. The motion to commit reads as follows Motion to Commit With Instructions Mr. Cornyn moves to commit the bill H.R. 1319 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that-- (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; (2) strike all of the funding under section 2022 for the National Endowment for the Humanities; and (3) provide funding to the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services for-- (A) mitigation of coronavirus transmission risk in immigration detention facilities; (B) adequate bed space to allow unaccompanied alien children-- (i) to remain in safe and humane custody until their immigration court hearings; and (ii) to be separated from aliens suspected of, charged with, or convicted of criminal offenses.”