Political Quotes

“for 26 days now, Democrats have left our country undefended. Democrats in this Chamber have voted three times to keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down. Once again, Democrats are putting illegal immigrant criminals ahead of the safety and security of the American people. Quoted in the press this morning was Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat from Hawaii, who says he has the votes wrapped up to be the next whip for the Democrat Party. But this is what he said about what the Democrats are doing now-- keeping the Department of Homeland Security shut down. He said: We are very serene with what is going on. ``[V]ery serene.'' Well, let me tell you what that means for our country, what the Democrats are very serene about. Right now, at this very moment, Iran is targeting our homeland. They have announced it. They are in the process of--let me quote a headline that appeared yesterday in the Los Angeles Times newspaper. It says ``Iran's threats on U.S. soil.'' Threats to the American people right here at home. It says ``sleeper cells, lone wolves, cyberattacks.'' Our government's own threat assessment calls Iran a ``major threat'' to our cyber network and our data. It is the Department of Homeland Security that is responsible for defending us from these attacks--the very Department that Democrats in this body, that side of the hall, refuse to fund.”