republican who stands against border security. this is not a trump issue. this goes back to 2004, 2002. they ve got to get some fencing. if they don t, we ll be in a shutdown for a long period of time. i think fencing is okay. it s the big beautiful concrete slabs of wall with slats that s kind of ridiculous waste of money in eyes of most. it s fake issue. that s the thing. it s fake issue. border, a concrete wall will not help immigration. this is a phony thing invented by people on the right and the president is just milking it. at the end of the day, i think what corker is saying we re heading towards caving by donald trump. i guess i would say to all the conservatives who think this is a smart deal of the president or what is the answer? the president is still president of the united states. people still hold him accountable for what happens
to react to bob corker. bob, you wrote it is possible to be tough on illegal immigration without being cruel to illegal immigrants. here is what corker said. we need to cause legal immigration to be easier than it is. we have needs in our country. i have never been a part of a group that hated someone for wishing something better for their life. he says make legal immigration easier. as you know both bills are being considered by the republicans in the house would reduce legal immigration. who is right in terms of what is best for america and what is best for the party? do what corker says and make it easier for immigrants or reduce the number of legal immigrants in the country? i think what corker is saying as well as what the trump administration is saying is we need comprehensive immigration reform. he is saying make the path
is that why they re afraid to poke the bear? so many of them? well i think what they want is more unity in the republican party. we ve achieved some amount of unity in washington and it s caused truch atrump and the republicans to get things done. what corker is proposing is an amendment to the defense bill. the president would veto this i think it s the wrong venue. the entsentiment is a trade policy that moderate democrats and republicansniformly agree on. what the president is doing on . it s not. it may not be in washington, but i think the politics are a lot more confusing in the middle of america and i also think that the president right now and the republican party are working better together than they have ever worked and what corker, who s on his way out door is proposing to blow that up. if i m mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, somebody trying to hold the party together long enough to hang on in a rough midterm
district. the ag economy is struggling. i think if i d be open i m not going to lead it because i don t know enough about this detail to write the bill. but i will be interested in what corker is writing. if there is an equivalent version in the house. i know the speaker said yesterday request the president won t sign it, he won t bring it up. we need two-thirds to override a veto. that would be a tough road to get to. but take a stand. you say you re concerned about it. you have the power to try to do something about it. that s the thing. i think as congress we have to engage. we have to assert our right with the economy, especially when it comes to things like trade. the president should have the authority when it comes to national defense issues to be able to do things around congress as he does. where i get concerned is looking at canada and mexico and europe and calling them a natural security threat because they re not. now, our steel industry does need to grow, strengthe
he passed the health care bill through the house but didn t go to law. failed by a vote in the senate. one person isn t going to solve all those things. i feel like i ve done a lot to advance that debate. i m not going away from let s talk about fiscal discipline and i want you to respond about what corker said. congress and the administration will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations that we ve had and he s referring to the fact that this tax bill, despite the deficit, it s higher than everyone what we projected. you walk away with trillion-dollar deficits. the baby boomers retiring was going do that. to do that. these trillion dollar projections will be out there for a long, long time, why? because discretionary spending is going over $300 billion and tax revenues are still rising and income tax revenues, and corporate rate still rising and mandatory spending, entitlements, grows $2 trillion the next decade.