Political Quotes

“This is a subject that is very, very close to me and my community. I am on the border of Texas, over 80 percent of my district being Hispanic. This is a resolution that I strongly support. In fact, in listening to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle where they say this is campaigning and politically motivated, not only am I deeply offended, but the American people are deeply offended by those comments. Why? It is because we are not rushing to recess to campaign. We are rushing to our districts to calm our communities down that very soon-- very soon--there will be a change in administration, there will be a change in political thought, and that we will have a President come January who will care about our borders and who will care about our national security. It is an insult to the American people that Kamala Harris and the Biden administration have not cared about our national security and that they have allowed millions of illegal immigrants to come to our border. Perhaps my colleague from Mississippi has not been to Eagle Pass, Texas, or Del Rio, Texas, and seen the kids. Let's talk about false claims here. Kids in cages? No, sir, there are no kids in cages. Let's talk about the kids who are missing in America who are sex trafficked. Let's talk about those kids under the Biden-Harris administration, but we forget about those thoughts.…”