Political Quotes

Ted Poe: more news from the front. Our battle for the border continues, and so does the hypocrisy from El Presidente…

On the recordJuly 11, 2006
more news from the front. Our battle for the border continues, and so does the hypocrisy from El Presidente Generalissimo Fox. So intent on tearing down American barriers, he is more intent on building his own, and he has taken millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to do it. For years, Fox has taken American money as part of Operation BusBound, a joint U.S.-Mexican venture, to send illegal immigrants coming from Central America, going to Fox's southern border, and he wants to send them back home. But he wails when we, the United States, use our own money for our own southern borders, securing it with our troops who aren't even carrying weapons. However, Guatemalans, trying to illegally enter Mexico, just trying to take jobs Mexicans won't do, are reportedly met at the border with machete-wielding farmers and armed Mexican military. The old sly Fox is trying to protect his hen house while continuing to illegally enter ours. Why is the United States helping to protect the borders of other Nations while lacking the moral will to protect our own? This ought not to be, but, Mr. Speaker, that is just the way it is. ____________________
Said by
Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

Share

More from Ted Poe

Sep 25, 2018

Make no mistake about it, Iran wants to make Iraq a puppet state of Iran.

congress.gov
Nov 27, 2018

I want to reiterate that when the Foreign Affairs Committee meets and makes a decision, we do that almost in unison, Republicans and Democrats, looking out for the best foreign policy of the United States. And Chairman Royce and Mr. Engel…

govinfo.gov
Sep 26, 2018

Thank you for ensuring that children are protected as part of PEPFAR reauthorization, and I yield back the balance of my time.

congress.gov
Nov 13, 2018

We must not become complacent. We must continue to be vigilant until those ideologies that motivate violent extremism are cast into the dustbin of history.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation