Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise to make a motion. The majority leader has argued that Secretary Mayorkas's defiance of Federal immigration law, an act in aiding and abetting of the worst criminal invasion in our Nation's history, does not constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. He has presented no argument on that question. He has presented no briefing on that question. And the position is directly contrary to the Constitution, to the original understanding of the Constitution at the time it was ratified, and to the explicit position of the Biden Department of Justice as argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. The majority leader's position is asking Members of the Senate to vote on political expediency to avoid listening to arguments. The only rational way to resolve this question is actually to debate it, to consider the Constitution, and consider the law. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will recognize that the Senate is in a nondebatable position. The Senator has a right to offer his motion, but we are in a nondebatable position.”