Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Texas. I think what he is saying is reflected in what Professor Turley said. It is almost like a plea to his colleague, maybe his Democratic colleague, his friend. He said: ``The President's pledge to effectively govern alone is alarming, and what is most alarming is his ability to fulfill that pledge.'' In other words, his ability to get away with it; that Congress acquiesces in it. Let me say this the President is not going to get away with a unilateral amnesty. We are going to take this to the American people, and at some point this Congress will be held to account if he does so. Remember, every Member is going to have to vote and be responsible for allowing a President to run roughshod over the law of this country, the people's representatives, and, in effect, the people of the United States. His plan for amnesty, under the circumstances he advocated them, has been rejected. Congress is always available to consider any issue and make any decision it chooses, but it has, under the circumstances driven in this body, been rejected. He has no power to go forward and beyond that, and we are not going to allow it to happen. It is wrong. Whether we agree or disagree about how amnesty should be given, it is wrong for the President to unilaterally execute such a policy, as Professor Turley said and as the Senator from Texas has said, the former solicitor general of the State of Texas. He understands it is law, and this matter is not over.…”