Speech #1140072653

I know there are some areas where we are going to have a fundamental disagreement. and we are going to continue to fight and oppose each others points of view. but I have been around here long enough to know that there are people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle. some of whom I disagree with strenuously. but by working together. we can find ways to solve problems and help move the countrys agenda forward. But somewhere along the way. the President forgot that. and so I suspect he will be talking about some of his Executive orders. which have been a terrible mistake. First of all. on his Executive order for immigration. there was a lawsuit. A Federal judge issued an injunction. which has been upheld so far. It bars implementation of his Executive order. So what did the President accomplish other than to enrage and polarize people and poison the well when it comes to actually trying to begin the process of solving and fixing some of our broken immigration system? The President has poisoned the well and made it virtually impossible for us to work with him on solving or fixing our broken immigration system because of what? Because of an Executive order that was subsequently enjoined by a Federal court. So he wasnt able to accomplish his goal. but he was able to kill meaningful immigration reform debate in the Senate. Of course. as we have on the Iranian nuclear negotiation. the President seems content not to engage in a treaty process. which is actually binding on his successor. It is simply a political document which is not even in writing.