not to uphold and defend a political agenda. i mean she can t be dependent upon the constitution. how did those gop attacks on lynch get so personal ryan? they believe the person nominating her is himself unfit. you know most of the people who signed that letter. so this is just an extension of their war on the president. any attorney general that carries out the president s policies is therefore, unfit. they are getting a lot of pressure from these grassroots or these washington-based quote/unquote organizations causing an amnesty issue, saying if you appoint to confirm this nominee, then you re affirming that what the president did here is legal.
doca was announced that he didn t have the constitutional authority to do it. here we have an amnesty issue that led to the murder of four people. is there any congress is there any congress review about this? sure, we can take away the president s authority. we re trying to do that now through an appropriation bill. we can pass a good immigration bill that secures the borders. and making sure that we have interior enforcement. so will you ve demanded something. was this guy given a stay of deportation, they haven t responded yet. do you think they will? well, they better. you know, i m chairman of the committee. before i before i was compharman of the committee, they all used the excuse that they didn t have to respond to an individual senator, only chairman. now, they don t like to give these answers out, so i wouldn t be surprised that they ll come up with some other reason that they can t give the information
friend. and he built a political machine. he has a machine. he also has responsibilities as a republican leader. some of that takes you a lot of time outside of your district and it s still very important if you can to spend as much time listening to people, looking them eye to eye, hearing their views and just from the comments on my facebook page, this amnesty issue was a big one. the negative comments about eric were overwhelmingly on this amnesty issue and republicans blea believe in the rule of law and that you should not everything is being called amnesty now. isn t that part of the difficulty for republicans to find this thread, this line to walk? here s what s got to be done and this needed to be done even before now and that is secure the borders. that s what they expect the federal government to do. the borders seem secure. deportations are up. the border is still not secure. we still have people coming into our country illegally or
you said the amnesty issue is symbolic powerful expression about the difference between eric cantor and i on jobs. cantor is saying we should bring more folks to the country n-crease the labor supply and by doing so lower wage rates for the working person. his policies make no sense. how big an issue do you think the immigration issue was in this campaign? well, i think it s big. it s the most symbolic issue that captures the differences between myself and eric cantor in this race, but it also captures that fissure between main street and wall street. you ask yourself why are the republicans doing this? why are they so intent on this immigration reform and there s no answer that really makes logical sense. right? it s clear they are doing it for the chamber of commerce and they want cheap labor and expanded workforce and whatever. that s going to lower wages for
final days of this campaign. you said the amnesty issue is symbolic powerful expression about the difference between eric cantor and i on jobs. cantor is saying we should bring more folks to the country n-crease the labor supply and by doing so lower wage rates for the working person. his policies make no sense. how big an issue do you think the immigration issue was in this campaign? well, i think it s big. it s the most symbolic issue that captures the differences between myself and eric cantor in this race, but it also captures that fissure between main street and wall street. you ask yourself why are the republicans doing this? why are they so intent on this immigration reform and there s no answer that really makes logical sense. right? it s clear they are doing it for the chamber of commerce and they want cheap labor and expanded workforce and whatever. that s going to lower wages for