Is chasing the drug demand in the United States, doing it with the currency of the United States and weaponry largely produced in the United States. One of the things we could do to help the Mexican Government is to help drive up the demand for Illegal Drugs by recognizing the demand that drives much of the controversy is within the United States. The second thing we could do to help secure the border is to recognize that when people are less desperate they dont crash borders. They use lawful processes to apply for new opportunities, they go places peacefully to try to emigrate the ways many of our parents emigrated peacefully. It has to be affordable, it has to be understandable and it has to be we should give people who come to the United States because they love our opportunities, committed no crimes where they came from men tried to live here without documents, a pathway to complete citizenship and welcome them. At the last debate mr. Sasse said congress was too dysfunctional to do
Election. I applaud him the easy thing to do for elected leaders and politicians is take a poll. There is an old saying that politicians, basically a mob marching on city hall. He did not do that. Welling the spend Political Capital to cut taxes and restrict the size of government which will help the economy. I think that we need leaders that are willing to use the Political Capital to implement pulled strategies. A think he will be rewarded. As people see the results you will see poll numbers improve. We need more of that. We have too many politicians only paying attention to shortterm pools of but im willing to do things to address the escalating debt. We have one of the worlds highest tax rates, seeing companies toward overseas, seeing an anemic Economic Growth i think the lesson to be taken his eye when need bold leaders willing to debate things. The poll numbers were lonely. Your competitive curatorial race. Even when he was in the United States senate he took positions based upon
Mr. Murphy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy if were in a quorum call, i ask that it bees dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Murphy i ask seven unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Murphy thank you, madam president. Last week, the house of representatives voted for the 53rd time to repeal or undermine all or aspects of the Affordable Care act. This is beginning to be a broken record. I was in the house of representatives for a period of time, so i got the privilege on voting on 30 or 40 of those different pieces of legislation. Republicans, of course, shut down the government a year ago because of their pique over the Health Care Law. There are those that still h
An open role and cast dozens of votes when they know there is not going to be a senate bill that is passed as well. As an example of what you just said about the senate, i am told there is one senator who is serving his first term. Almost through with his first term. He has not voted a single amendment in his career. Almost six years in the senate. What does that tell you . I will yield to my friend. I want to be sure you understood i understood what you said. Only seven went to the floor . That is correct. It doesnt count if it is not voted on the floor. At some point you stop bringing bills to the floor because you know there will not be any senate bill sobering in it down there does not make sense. There is only so much time on the floor. Senate shows the repeatedly that it will not its their own bill, becomes very difficult to work with them. I do not think we can make any point here. It was a congress that did not get anything done. We didnt have time to pass it which was our job.
At the last debate he said congress was too dysfunctional to do anything then focus on border security. Is Worker Visa Program antiquated and leaving out a solution to do with the 11 or 12 million illegal workers. All of them are connected. What he does not appear to know is all the illegal immigration in this country is a result of people overstaying the visa program. You cannot deal with the situation by focusing as he wants to on the border only. Also what he has to understand or should understand, in order to secure the border you will have to get a compromise. Democrats and republicans in the senate and house we have a compromise. In the senate and enough in the house to pass Immigration Reform. Ll notane or boehner wi bring it up to vote. Had a program and the right wing is supporting m actually torpedoed it. His approach is to do nothing only by closing the border and not doing anything else on the other aspects. This was a question related to border security. I want to hear wha