Political Quotes

“I would like to speak on an amendment I have submitted that will ensure the implementation of what is already required by statute: a biometric exit system for the United States. The law has required a biometric--that means a fingerprint, as opposed to biographic, which is name and birth date--system that allows us to know who is coming into this country on a visa and whether they left when they were supposed to leave. It is absolutely critical to the safety of the United States. It is something the 9/11 Commission recommended as a high priority. Ten years later, when they did their Review Commission report to see how their recommendations had been carried out, they noted that one of their top concerns was the failure of Congress to complete the system. Right now when you come into the United States, you put your hand on a screen and they clock you in biometrically, and then when you leave, there is no system that clocks you out. It is just like going to work every day. You take one of these iPhones. It has got this place on the bottom where you put your finger. I put my thumb on it. I don't have to put in my pass code; it simply reads my fingerprint. This is done all over America. These screens are not expensive. They don't require a lot of space. It is something that should be done. It has not been done. The first requirement for this was in 1996 through the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.…”