Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, frankly, maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this Nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years operating under a Constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not. The ENFORCEMENT Act is not constitutional, but it gives us an opportunity to raise these issues. That is what freedom is. That is what the opportunity of democracy is all about. So the Jackson Lee amendment engages in this discussion to reinforce that there are constitutional problems with the ENFORCE Act. My amendment excludes from the scope of the bill any executive action taken to comply with judicial decisions interpreting the constitutional Federal laws. The amendment would ensure that one House of Congress cannot initiate dilatory legal challenges when executive actions were taken to comply with the judicial decisions. A couple of weeks ago, I believe in the month of February, the Speaker of the House came forward regarding a serious issue when they announced that they were prepared to move forward with discussions on immigration reform. Then, less than 5 days later, the Speaker took to the airwaves and indicated that that offer of bipartisanship has been pulled down because of the trust question of the President of the United States. Mr.…”