Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues. We do have good colleagues here, and we have great robust debate, and I appreciate the chairman of the committee, Senator Mikulski. Moreover, this border supplemental provides the Department with unlimited transfer authority of $1.1 billion--an unlimited ability of up to $1 billion. It becomes, really, a slush fund in that sense. They can use it for anything. Finally, the border supplemental would provide an additional $1.2 billion to the Department of Homeland Security. So I am raising a point of order. And I am sure a motion to waive will be heard. But make no mistake. A vote to suspend the budget rules and to block our point of order is a vote for the President's amnesty; it is a vote for continued chaos. I urge my colleagues to sustain it. The bill before us today is in clear violation of the budget. All the money is borrowed money, it violates the budget, and I raise that point of order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.”