Political Quotes

“A lot has been going on this week and certainly worthy of discussion here at the end of the week. One of the important topics that has been discussed at both the Senate end and the House end is the issue of immigration--legal immigration and illegal immigration. Back when my friend Steve King and I were meeting with people from the British Government about their handling of immigration, they were offended by the term that Steve and I were using of ``illegal immigration.'' We were told that that's not appropriate in England. I asked what words they use, and I was told the appropriate terminology is ``irregular migrant.'' I was concerned that sounded too much like some kind of body function. I hated to use that term. Anyway, when people immigrate into a country illegally, it's illegal immigration. And it is a problem. Anyone that goes down to the end of this Hall just outside these two doors here and heads onto the Senate floor, immediately what is seen above the President of the Senate's chair are the words ``e pluribus unum,'' Latin meaning out of many, one. I have heard a colleague before say it means out of one, many. But we all get mixed up at times. But e pluribus unum means out of many, one. For those of us that attended public schools when and where I did, we were taught that it was immigration and the process of out of many people becoming one people, becoming Americans, is what made us strong.…”