language, this, this mythology that, you know, there s massive amounts of crime being committed by undocumented immigrants as compared to people who live here, that was for the base. at the end, as gloria suggests, he left an opening that could be a pivot to a solution. look, i think this was an incredibly conciliatory speech. this was, this was i just looked at the issues that he covered. there s no other than the wall, there s not a single and the bill on the pro-life bill, for which in the face of what democrats are now proposing, which is the virginia governor infanticide, that s a modest thing, and used to be supported by democrats, by the way. there s no red meat for the base prescription drug benefits, for example. that s not red meat for the base. not at all. you can go down this list. this was a very much, okay, i m willing to work here. this was not a republican speech. rick santorum isn t cheering i mean, i m cheering the images and you feel good about it
contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our nation saw in recent days. lawmakers in new york cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother s womb moments from birth. these are living, feeling, beautiful babies who will never get the chance to share their love and their dreams with the world. and then we had the case of the governor of virginia, where he stated he would execute a baby after birth, to defend the dignity of every person, i am asking congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children
comes to infrastructure, when it comes to reducing drug prices, criminal justice reform. but then there were moments of whiplash, where he would talk about things that he knew would sit poorly with democrats, obviously, talking about an onslaught of undocumented immigrants coming in caravans, was going to be something that people were very unhappy with. his discussion of the abortion laws in virginia and new york, and obviously, referring to the intelligence committee and other investigations going on about the russian interference in the election, calling them partisan investigations. those were more combative. so at the end of the day, i think largely, it was the attempt to be unifying, but it was more like a hodgepodge of both unifying and combative. and you saw the results in the chamber. yeah, when he said, walls work, walls save lives, and when he went after what he called the ridiculous partisan investigation. that s right.
these nominations, which is unfair to the nominees and very unfair to our country. now is the time for bipartisan action. believe it or not, we have already proven that that s possible. in the last congress, both parties came together to pass unprecedented legislation to confront the opioid crisis. a sweeping new farm bill. historic v.a. reforms. and after four decades of rejection, we passed v.a. accountability so that we can
thank you, matthew. welcome home. [applause] now, republicans and democrats must join forces again to confront an urgent national crisis. congress has 10 days left to pass a bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland, and secure our very dangerous southern border. now is the time for congress to show the world that america is committed to ending illegal immigration and putting the ruthless coyotes, cartels, drug dealers and human traffickers out of business. [cheering and applause]