Rob Bishop: “I appreciate Mr. Grijalva actually taking the lead on this issue. In fact, Republicans had two amendments that were…”

“I appreciate Mr. Grijalva actually taking the lead on this issue. In fact, Republicans had two amendments that were introduced to the Rules Committee that dealt with this same specific issue. Again, in a spirit of bipartisanship, the two Republicans ones were not put in place but the Democrat one was, and at least we are addressing this particular issue. I do happen to have some objection to this one, because to me, what this amendment does, is put into statute or to put into language the status quo. Nothing in this act shall impede what we are already doing. I think this issue should be more forward thinking. We need to change what is happening in the status quo in this area that is simply now known as the trail of amnesty, where so much illegal narcotics work, illegal human trafficking and illegal gang activity has taken place. The article to which I referred actually specifies what that is there. That is why the amendments that were not made in order were superior to the one that is made in order here, and it should be recognized.”