Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. I offer this amendment to recommit to reveal the flaws in the bill. The sponsor of this bill, Mrs. Comstock and I both represent northern Virginia, and she and I both want to eliminate gang violence. MS-13 is a menace to society, and I endorse the goal of destroying it through legal means, but this bill wouldn't do that. This bill will promote widespread racial profiling. It will violate First Amendment protections. It will expand mandatory detention of immigrants. It will raise serious constitutional questions on judicial review of government designation of certain groups. And it bars humanitarian relief for individuals in violation of international treaties. I take gang violence and MS-13 very seriously. The young man Mrs. Comstock referred to, found dead in a park in my city of Alexandria, was actually found by a dear family friend. But we can do this in a bill that doesn't promote racial profiling or violate the Constitution. So in this motion to recommit, we offer language to get at one of the most glaring flaws in this bill that it can go after humanitarian workers. The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act creates an overly broad definition of a criminal gang by allowing DHS to essentially designate any individual as a gang member.…”