Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague for allowing me to join tonight to talk about this crisis at our southern border. Mr. Good, when you talk about how many got-aways we have right now in this country, how many individuals on the terror watch list, it is about 300 since Biden took office. To give the American people some context, I know that number under the last administration was under 20. I believe it was about 14 people who were encountered on the southern border that were on the terrorist watch list. That is something that really piques my interest because like a lot of Americans who are still alive today and have jobs, families, who love this country, 9/11 changed my life. I dropped out of school my senior year and joined the Navy the week after 9/11. I remind Americans it only took 19 people to perpetrate those acts on 9/11. When you are talking about this amount of numbers, this invasion--I hate to say it. I hate to sound like an alarmist, but as somebody who considers myself a sheepdog, somebody who considers myself the type of individual who wants to protect other people--and we have other sheepdogs around this Capitol right now. There are some in the balcony. There are some out there. We know what this is going to lead to. I hate to say it, but I am going to say it because Americans need to know. It is not a question of if. It is a question of when. It breaks my heart, but it enrages me at the same time because Americans deserve better. They deserve leadership.…”