I personally believe in zero tolerance for criminal aliens convicted of domestic violence or sexual abuse.

I hope that as part of our additional oversight responsibilities, we will continue to delve in more deeply to the consequences of the President's executive action.

There are factors indicating the alien is not a threat to national security or to security or public safety and should not be, therefore, taken as an enforcement priority.

If we are going to fix our broken immigration system, we first have to regain the trust of the American people.

The Obama administration's executive actions I believe are illegal and we must and will continue to fight them at every step.

I ask unanimous consent that all votes after the first vote be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate…

I have to say to my friend, the Senator from Maine, that the Constitution is written in a way that divides government's authority between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. And I, of course, agree that there can be no…

The Senator from Maine has been very patient with me. If I could ask two final questions. Given the 22 different public statements the President of the United States himself said about his lack of authority to do what he did in November of…

My friend has been enormously patient with me. We are trying to drill this issue down here so all of the Members of the Senate understand exactly what the Collins amendment does and does not do. We have talked about the fact that not only…

I thank the Senator from Maine for her leadership on this important amendment. To me it is unthinkable that Senators would block a vote on the Collins amendment at some point in the process this week because what it does, as the Senator…

I appreciate the leadership of the Senator from Maine on this issue, and in her typical diligence and attention to detail, I think she has shown that the objections to a vote on the Collins amendment, which would be scheduled for Saturday…

if I could close with a followup question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.