Political Quotes

“I wish to start my participation here by congratulating my distinguished colleague from Maryland and her senior Senator, Mr. Sarbanes. It has been a great pleasure to work with both of them on this program through the years. I wonder if I might ask the principal sponsor of this amendment, Senator Mikulski, a question. In this turbulent era of immigration and the search for solutions, this program could be described as a model program, one that has worked as it was intended, one that serves the small business community as it was intended, and welcomes within our borders these individuals, as my colleague says, largely from south of the border, Mexico, in a way that doesn't conjure up any fear or suspicion or any resentment in the communities when they come to do their work. Would my colleague concur in my observation that this is a model program?”