Speech #1140007605

He is the offensive line. the center. I guess. of the offensive line. Senator DURBIN goes on to say: "There is nothing wrong with a debate over immigration policy." That is correct. He continues: "In fact. the Republicans. now in the majority control of the House and Senate. could have started the debate weeks ago. They didnt." Look. we debated Senator DURBINs vision. It was rejected by Congress. his ideas. Many supported the bill in this body. It didnt come back this fall in part because of their actions on immigration. President Obama had the choice to go from State to State trying to elect people to pass his immigration bill. but he either didnt do it or it didnt work. The American people do not want this kind of legislation. My friend Senator DURBIN said further: "Instead. they attached five riders to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. and they said: We will not allow that Department to be properly funded unless the President accepts these five immigration riders." This is just a normal bill that says how the money is going to be spent. It is going to be spent for enforcement. and we are not going to spend money to not enforce the law. It doesnt change. The bill the House has sent to us does not change one lawful immigration policy of America. not one. It is the President who adopted a radical new immigration policy contrary to law. contrary to the American peoples wishes. In fact. quite a number of Democrats urged him not to issue such an order. but he did it anyway. Congress has a duty.