Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, while you may not know it from some of the language that is being used today, we are debating a poorly written ``reporting bill'' that will do nothing. This bill is full of empty rhetoric, it makes no policy changes to address the outdated immigration system, and it provides no funding of any kind. All this bill does is attempt to produce a onetime politically motivated report on the so-called Biden border crisis, just one report. That is it. Give me a break. Even though the entire bill is focused on reporting requirements related to the ``Biden border crisis,'' the bill doesn't even define the term. It is as if we needed more proof that this is not serious legislation and that it is more about messaging than congressional oversight of the executive branch. Why are we continuing to waste our time marking up these meaningless messaging bills? I have said this before, and I am going to say it again because the same resolutions keep coming up over and over again, so I feel as if I need to repeat myself. The situation at the border is directly linked to the fact that the legal immigration system has not been modernized in 30 years. It has been left in chaos because it has not been updated to meet the needs of our country today.…”