Political Quotes

“I am delighted to see the administering of the oath to our new Senator. As a former Federal prosecutor, I know he understands much of the Federal law we deal with around here. Having been one of those myself, I welcome him and believe there will be many gifts and experiences he has had from that role that will help him serve in the Senate, writing laws that will actually be the laws enforced by his former fellow prosecutors around the country. A closer examination of the legislation before us, this is it here, over 1,000 pages now. But you have to study it because it makes all sorts of references to ``except as provided by'' in this section and that section and subsection E(2)(I)(1)(3) and things like that. It is hard to read. But a close examination reveals that the promised enforcement of immigration law in the future that is so critical, and the American people deserve, the American people have asked for, for decades, is not there. The triggers are not triggers at all. In fact, it would actually weaken even current law, granting the Secretary of Homeland Security, now Secretary Napolitano in particular, unprecedented power to determine how and when the border is secured, if ever.…”