Political Quotes

“I just want to make sure my colleagues understand the Senator from Wyoming and I have a longstanding friendship and affection and respect for each other, but we do look at this somewhat differently. To begin with, regarding the vote on the anti-terrorism bill, while the issue may appear similar, the procedural situation was much different. There my motion would have required a recommitting of the whole conference report, a great burden to overcome. As a matter of fact, I had a number of Senators come up to me and say, ``Why do you not do this on the immigration bill? We will have a lot easier time voting for you on the immigration bill.'' Well, God bless you all, you will now have a chance to vote with me on the immigration bill. In addition, that motion did not include the creation of authority for the Attorney General to declare a special migration situation of immigration emergency. The amendment I offer today includes such provisions. Further, when we talk about the people coming in with false passports fleeing persecution, they do not get a hearing under the bill. They get an interview. They get an interview by whoever is there at the border, and they can get kicked out right then and there. It is cruel, it is fundamentally unfair to a traumatized and fatigued refugee, who would be allowed no assistance and no interpreter, to treat them so summarily.”