Political Quotes

“I wish to express my appreciation to the Senator from Texas. He is a superb member of the Judiciary Committee. He offered an amendment to this effect in the committee. I thought it should have passed. It would have helped with a flawed bill. But it was voted down. I know that he is working even harder now, and I know that whatever he proposes will be the kind of legislation that will strengthen this bill. I share with the American people a deep frustration with the current failed operation of our immigration system and share some fundamental principles of immigration reform that have been expressed by the Gang of 8. The Gang of 8 has said the current system is broken. I agree. But more accurately, we should say the current law and procedures are not being properly carried out and are resulting in monumental illegality in our country--something that is not worthy of a great nation. The Gang of 8 says that we must toughen our approach to border security and that we can do better. They implicitly, even openly acknowledge that our government officials have a long history of failed border enforcement and that they cannot be reasonably trusted to enforce the law. So even when the American people plead with our government to do something about the illegality, for decades this government has failed to do so. I agree that the gang has touched on something important.…”